Tutor
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TUTOR, civil law. A person who has been lawfully appointed to the care of
the person and property of a minor.
2. By the laws of Louisiana minors under the age of fourteen years, if
males, and under the age of twelve years, if females, are both, as to their
persons and their estates, placed under the authority of a tutor. Civ. Code,
art. 263. Above that age, and until their, majority or emancipation, they
are placed under the authority of a curator. Ibid.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.