Curate
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One who represents the incumbent of a church, parson or vicar, and takes care of the church and performs divine services in his stead. An officiating temporary minister in the English church who represents the proper incumbent.
Burn, Eccl. Law; 1 Bla. Com. 393.
See Cure of Souls. CURATIO (Lat). In Civil Law. The power or duty of managing the property of him who, either on account of infancy or some defect of mind or body, cannot manage his own affairs. The- duty of a curator or guardian. Calviniis, Lex.