guardian.md

---
id: guardian
title: "Guardian"
scopeid: essifLab
type: concept
typeid: guardian
stage: draft
hoverText: "Guardian (of an Entity in a Jurisdiction): the Party that is tasked to care for and/or protect/guard/defend that Entity, for the purpose of which a Guardianship relationship has been established within that Jurisdiction."
---

:::info Editor's Note
TNO to revise all below texts.
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### Short Description

### Purpose

### Criteria

### Background
The %%Guardianship pattern|pattern-guardianship%% provides an overview of how this concept fits in with related concepts.