Curator Ad Hoc
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A guardian for this special purpose; as one appointed to represent an absentee. CURATOR AD LITEM (Lat.) Guardian for the suit. In English law, the corresponding phrase is "guardian ad litem." CURATOR BONIS (Lat.) In Civil Law. A guardian to take care of the property. Calv. Lex. In Scotch Law. A guardian for minors, lunatics, etc. Halk. Tech. Terms; Bell, Diet.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A guardian for this special purpose. A curator ad hoc can be appointed to proceed against the tutor for an accounting or his removal only when there is no undertutor; Welch v. Baxter, 45 La. Ann. 1062, 13 South. 629. CURATOR AD LITEM (Lat). Guardian for the suit. In English law, the corresponding phrase is guardian ad litem.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inthe civillaw. A guardian for this purpose; a special guardian.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. A guardian for this [purpose]. Curator bonis: the guardian of a minor or lunatic.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the civil law. A guardian for this [purpose]; a special guardian. Civ. Code of Lou. Art. 67, 372. CURATOR IN (or AD) LITEM. Lat.
In the civil law. A guardian for the purpose of a suit; or one appointed to prosecute or defend a suit for another. Inst. 1. 23. 2. Hence the modern phrase guardian ad litem, (q. v.)