Tutela in United States
Tutela Definition
(Lat.) A power given by the civil law over a free person to defend him, when, by reason of his age, he is unable to defend himself. Women, by the civil law, could only be tutors of their own children. A child under the power of his father was not subject to tutelage, because not a free person, caput liberum. D. lib. 26, tit. 1, ff. de tutelis; Inst. lib. 1, tit. 13, de tutelis; Inst. lib. 3, tit. 28, de obligationibus quae ex qiMsi cont. nascunter. Nov. 72, 94. 155. 118. Tutela legitima was where the tutor was appointed by the magistrate. Leg. 1, D. fp. de leg. tut. Tutela testamentaria was where the tutor was appointed by will. D. lib. 26, tit. 2, fr, de testament, tut; C. lib. 5, tit. 28, de testament, tut.; Inst. lib. 1, tit. 14, qm testamento tutores dari possunt.
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(Lat.) A power given by the civil law over a free person to defend him, when, by reason of his age, he is unable to defend himself. Women, by the civil law, could only be tutors of their own children. A child under the power of his father was not subject to tutelage, because not a free person, caput liberum. D. lib. 26, tit. 1, ff. de tutelis; Inst. lib. 1, tit. 13, de tutelis; Inst. lib. 3, tit. 28, de obligationibus quae ex qiMsi cont. nascunter. Nov. 72, 94. 155. 118. Tutela legitima was where the tutor was appointed by the magistrate. Leg. 1, D. fp. de leg. tut. Tutela testamentaria was where the tutor was appointed by will. D. lib. 26, tit. 2, fr, de testament, tut; C. lib. 5, tit. 28, de testament, tut.; Inst. lib. 1, tit. 14, qm testamento tutores dari possunt.
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