(A) See conservator (B) persons, contracts. 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. 2. 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 curator ad bona in cases where the interests of the curator are opposed to the interests of the minor. There are also curators of insane persons Id. art. 31; and of vacant successions and absent heirs. 3. The term curator is usually employed in the civil law, for that of guardian.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
In the civil law. A person who is appointed to take care of anything for another. A guardian. One appointed to take care of the estate of a minor above a certain age, a lunatic, a spendthrift or other person not regarded by the law as competent to administer it for himself. The title was also applied to a variety of public officers in Roman administrative law. Sproule v. Davies, 09 App. Div. 502, 75 N. Y. Supp. 229. In Scotch law. The term means a guardian. In Louisiana. A person appointed to take care of the estate of an absentee. Civil Code La. art 50. In Missouri. The term “curator” has been adopted from the civil law, and It is applied to the guardian of the estate of the ward as distinguished from the guardian of his person. Duncan v. Crook, 49 Mo. 117. Curator ad hoc. In the civil law. A guardian for this purpose; a special guardian. Curator ad litem. Guardian for the suit In English law, the corresponding phrase is “guardian ad litem.” Curator bonis. In the civil law. A guardian or trustee appointed to take care of property in certain cases; as for the benefit of creditors. Dig. 42, 7. In Scotch law. The term is applied to guardians for minors, lunatics, eta Curatores viarum. Surveyors of the highways.