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Sir J.F. Stephen, Hist. of Criminal Law, ii. 404. In the Canons of 1571 the churchwardens are called "aeditui," in those of 1604 "oeconomi." They do not always appear in small country parishes, neither are they generally found before the latter half of Elizabeth's reign. For rector, etc., see p. 30 infra. But the authorities he cites are post-Elizabethan.
1 Guardianship, as defined by Servius, is authority and control over a free person, given and allowed by the civil law, in order to protect one too young to defend himself: 2 and guardians are those persons who possess this authority and control, their name being derived from their very functions; for they are called guardians as being protectors and defenders, just as those entrusted with the care of sacred buildings are called 'aeditui.
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