Lat. In the civil law. Tutelage; that species of guardfanship which continued to the age of puberty; the guardian being called “tutor,” and the ward, “pupilius.” 1 Dom. Civil Law, b. 2, tit. 1, p. 260. ~—Tutela legitima. Legal tutelage; tutelage created by act of law, as where none had been created by testament. Inst. 1, 15, pr.—Tutela testamentaria. Testamenta tutela or