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tutor dative

noun

Definition of tutor dative

: a guardian appointed by a Roman magistrate in the absence of a testamentary guardian or a statutory guardian from among the close relatives who is entitled to act without confirmation by any magistrate in accordance with a certain order of preference sometimes : a testamentary guardian

History and Etymology for tutor dative

partial translation of Latin tutor dativus

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