tutela
tutela (t[y]oo-tee-l[schwa]), n. [Latin “tutelage”] Roman law. A type of guardianship either for those not having reached puberty (tutela impuberum) or for women (tutela mulierum). • The guardian was called the tutor, the ward the pupillus. Guardians for women no longer existed in Justinian’s time. Cf. CURA.