In French law. A kind of guardian. Tuteur ofificieux. A person over fifty years of age may be appointed a tutor of this sort to a child over fifteen years of age, with the consent of the parents of such child, or, in their default, the conseil de famille. The duties which such a tutor becomes subject to are analogous to those in English law of a person who puts himself in loco … [Read more...] about TUTEUR
TYRRA, OR TOIRA
A mount or hill. Cowell … [Read more...] about TYRRA, OR TOIRA
TURPIS CAUSA
contracts. A base or vile consideration, forbidden by law, which makes the contract void; as a contract, the consideration of which is the future illegal cohabitation of the obligee with the obligor. … [Read more...] about TURPIS CAUSA
TUTELAE ACTIO
Lat. In the civil law. An action of tutelage; an action which lay for a ward or pupil, on the termination of tutelage, against the tutor or guardian, to compel an account Calvin. … [Read more...] about TUTELAE ACTIO
TUTELA
Latin: In the civil law. Tutelage ; that species of guardianship which continued to the age of puberty; the guardian being called "tutor" and the ward, "pupillus." 1 Dom. Civil Law, b. 2, tit. 1, p. 260. Tutela legitime. Legal tutelage; tutelage created by act of law, as where none had been created by testament Inst. 1, 15, pr. Tutela testamentaria. Testamentary tutelage or … [Read more...] about TUTELA