Protutor
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
civil law, is he who not being the tutor ofa pupil or minor, has administered his property or affairs as if he had been, whether he thought himself legally invested with the authority of a tutor or not. He who marries a woman who is tutrix, becomes, by the marriage, a protutor. The protutor is equally responsible as the tutor.