Now, what do the words "as it may judge" in section 18 mean? Do they confer on the Court of Wards a power to be exercised if the act is, in its judgment, for the benefit of the property or the advantage of the ward, or do they confer a power to be exercised only if, in fact, the act is for the benefit of the property or the advantage of the ward? In Liversidge vs Sir John Anderson(1), Lord Atkin who held that the words of Regulation 18 B of the Defence Regulations 1939 that "if the Secretary of State has reasonable cause to believe" meant "if, in fact, there was reasonable cause for the belief", discussed what words were susceptible of importing an objective standard as contrasted with subjective satisfaction, and observed: "It is surely incapable of dispute that the words "if A has X ' constitute a condition the essence of which is the existence of X and the having of it by A.