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pro-tutor Sc. Law.|prəʊˈtjuːtə(r)| [f. pro-1 + tutor n. Cf. med.L. prōtūtor, F. protuteur (1762 in Dict. Acad.).] One who acts as ‘tutor’ or guardian to one in the state of pupillarity, though not legally appointed as such. So pro-ˈtutory, the charge of a pro-tutor.
1665Acts of Sederunt 10 June (1790) 93 Whatsoever person or persons shall..intromett with the means and estate of any minor, and shall act in his affairs as pro-tutors, haveing no right of tutory or curatory established in their persons, they shall be lyable. 1681[see pro-curator2]. a1722Fountainhall Decis. (1759) I. 10 Kilrie had meddled with the charter-chest..which the Lords did not find sufficient to make him protutor. 1773Erskine Inst. Law Scot. i. vii. §28 Pro-tutors..may be sued by the minor in an action for accounting, even during the pro-tutory, though proper tutors or curators are not bound to account till their office determine. 1838in W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. |