Tuteub

In French law, a kind of guardian. Tuteur officieuz. In French law, 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 parentis to any one. Brown. Tuteur subroge. In French law, in the case of an infant under gu^.rdianship, a second guardian is appointed to him, thq duties of the latter (who is called, the subrog( tuteur) only arising where the interests of the infant and his principal guardian are in conflict. Brown.