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 guardianship; that kind of tutelage which was created by will. Calvin.