Adult ward

March 15のJapan Times Onlineの見出しからです。
Adult ward
should have right to vote: court The Tokyo District Court rules unconstitutional a provision in the Public Offices Election Law that strips the right to vote from adults assisted by guardians.
このニュースは日本語の新聞で見ていたのでここでの "Adult ward" が成人被後見人の意味になるはずだと分かります。　では後見人はどう言うのかなと思いながら記事を読むと次ぎの様に出て来ました。
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ruled unconstitutional the provision in the Public Offices Election Law that strips the right to vote from adults helped by guardians.
"ward" は色々な意味を持つ単語ですが、被後見人の意味もある事を辞書で確認します。
・Macmillan Dictionary: legal someone, especially a child, who is officially being looked after by a court of law or by someone who is not their parents. The person who looks after them is their guardian: She was made a ward of the court when her parents died.
・Collins Dictionary: (law)
a.Also called: ward of court. a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
b.guardianship, as of a minor or legally incompetent person