Pupil
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Civil Law. One who Is in his or her minority.
See Dig. 1. 7.; Id. 26. 7. 1. 2; Id. 50. 16. 239; Code, 6. 30. 18.
One who is in ward or guardianship. At Common Law. One who is under tuition in any school, or under a private instructor. PUPILLARIS SUBSTITUTIO (Lat.) In civil law. The nomination of another besides his son pupil to succeed, if the son should not be able or inclined to accept the inheritance, or should die before he came of age to make a testament. If the child survive the age of puberty, though he made no testament, the substitute had no right of succession.
See Bell, Diet. "Substitution;" Dig. 28. 6.