Legal Definition and Related Resources of Tutela
Meaning of Tutela
(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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Concept of “Tutela”
Traditional meaning of tutela in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Guardianship. Tutor: a guardian.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Tutela”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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