Curator in United States
Curator Definition
One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself; a guardian. There are curators ad bona (of property) , who administer the estate of a minor, take care of his person, and intervene in all his contracts; curators ad litem (of suits), who assist the minor in courts of justice, and act as curators ad bona in cases where the interests of the curator are opposed to the interests of.the minor. Civ. Code La. arts. 357-366. There are also curators of insane persons (Id. art. 31), and of vacant successions and absent heirs (Id. arts. 1105, 1125).
Curator in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Curator | Curator in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Curator | Curator in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Curator | Curator in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Curator | Curator in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Curator | Curator in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Curator | Curator in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Curator | Curator in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself; a guardian. There are curators ad bona (of property) , who administer the estate of a minor, take care of his person, and intervene in all his contracts; curators ad litem (of suits), who assist the minor in courts of justice, and act as curators ad bona in cases where the interests of the curator are opposed to the interests of.the minor. Civ. Code La. arts. 357-366. There are also curators of insane persons (Id. art. 31), and of vacant successions and absent heirs (Id. arts. 1105, 1125).
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See Also
Conservator in this Legal Encyclopedia
Conservator definition in the Law Dictionary