单词 | pro-tutor |
释义 | pro-tutorn. Civil Law (chiefly Scots Law). Now rare. In Scottish law (now historical): a person who performed the duties of tutor (tutor n. 2b) or guardian towards a minor without having been legally appointed to do so. Also (in some civil codes): a person who oversees a tutor or guardian.The old Scottish common law relating to the guardianship of children was abolished by statute in 1986. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian of minor or incapable person wardenc1290 tutora1387 curate1463 curator1471 guardiana1535 guardianer1595 pro-tutor1664 legal guardian1720 guardy1833 conservator1853 caregiver1966 primary caregiver1972 1664 in J. Gilmour & D. Falconer Coll. Decis. Lords of Council (1701) i. 84 All the papers subscribed by the pro-tutor, which he would make use of to prove the pro-tutory. 1665 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 60 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. a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 10 Kilrie had meddled with the charter-chest..which the Lords did not find sufficient to make him protutor. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. 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. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 798 The same principle regulates the claims of a pro-tutor or pro-curator against the minor for reimbursement of money expended for the minor. 1904 Michigan Law Rev. 3 118 The family council is entitled to appoint a protutor when he has not been appointed by those who have a right to elect a guardian for minors. 1946 A. D. Gibb Students' Gloss. Sc. Legal Terms 70 Pro-tutor: pro-curator, persons who act as tutors or curators without rights. 1995 M. H. Hoffheimer Eduard Gans & Hegelian Philos. Law 95 Tutel[a]. Legal guardianship by a tutor (protutor) over a young minor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664 |
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