Usually means: Historical policing system, night watch.
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  1. watch and ward: Merriam-Webster
  2. watch and ward: Wordnik
  3. watch and ward: Wiktionary
  4. watch and ward: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. watch and ward: Dictionary.com
  6. Watch and Ward: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. watch and ward: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Watch and ward: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Watch and ward: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (watch and ward)

noun:  (law) The charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace.
noun:  (by extension) Uninterrupted vigilance.

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