Turris

(Lat.)

In old English law. A tower; the tower; the Tower of London. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 11, §§ 6, 7. TUT (L. Fr.) All; a corruption of tout. TUTA EST CUSTODIA QUAE SIBIMET creditur. That guardianship is secure which trusts to itself alone. Hob. 340. TUTELA (Lat.) A power given by the civil law over a free person to defend him, when, by reason of his age, he is unable to defend himself. Women, by the civil law, could only be tutors of their own children. A child under the power of his father was not subject to tutelage, because not a free person, caput liberum. D. lib. 26, tit. 1, ff. de tutelis; Inst. lib. 1, tit. 13, de tutelis; Inst. lib. 3, tit. 28, de obligationibus quae ex qi Msi cont. nascunter. Nov. 72, 94. 155. 118. Tutela legitima was where the tutor was appointed by the magistrate. Leg. 1, D. fp. de leg. tut. Tutela testamentaria was where the tutor was appointed by will. D. lib. 26, tit. 2, fr, de testament, tut; C. lib. 5, tit. 28, de testament, tut.; Inst. lib. 1, tit. 14, qm testamento tutores dari possunt. TUTELA LEGITIMA (Lat.)

In the civil law. Legal tutelage; tutelage created by act of law, as where none had been created by testament, Inst. 1. 15. pr. TUTELA TESTAMENTARIA (Lat.)

In the civil law. Testamentary tutelage or TUTELAE ACTIO (Lat.)

In the civil law. An action of tutelage; an action which lay for a ward or pupil, on the termination of tutelage, against the tutor or guardian, to compel an account. Calv. Lex.

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