Tutela

I. In the civil law. Tutelage; that species of guardianship which continued to* the age of puberty. Tutela legitiina: legal tutelage; tutelage created by.act of law. Tutela testainentaria: testamentary tutelage or guardianship; tutelage created by will. Tutela) actio, I. In the civil law. Ah action of tutelage; an action which lay for a pupil, on termination of tutelage, to compel the tutor to account.