Sc. Obs. Also 6 -atair, -atour. [f. med.L. type *wardatārius, f. med.L. warda: see WARD sb.2 Cf. feudatary.] In Scots feudal law, the person who has the wardship of lands while the heir is a minor.

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1535.  Sc. Acts Jas. V. (1814), II. 344/2. Gif þe wardatouris of sik landis Refusis to find souirtie.

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1579–80.  Reg. Privy Council Scot., III. 263. George Dowglas, wardatare of Carthorall.

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1580.  Exchequer Rolls Scot., XXI. 547. John Leslie of Buchquhane, schireff wardatour of Abirdene.

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1584.  Reg. Privy Council Scot., III. 705. Williame Douglas of Lochlevin, principal; schireff, wardatar thairof.

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1765–8.  Erskine, Inst. Law Scot., I. ix. § 62. The former part of the statute [of 1491] had enacted, that both wardatars and liferenters should give security to uphold, in good condition, the subject of the ward or liferent.

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