Definition of Curator

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, 69 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. Civll 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 hoe. 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 banefit of creditors. Dig. 42, 7. In Scotch law. The term is applied to guardians for minors, lunatics, etc.
—Curatores viarum. Surveyors of the highways.'