What is CURATOR? Definition of CURATOR in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
In the Civil Law. A person who is appointed to take care of anything for another. A guardian. One appointed to take care of the estate of a minor above a certain age, a lunatic, a spendthrift, or other person not regarded by the law as competent to administer it for himself. The title was also applied to a variety of public officers in Roman administrative law. Sproule v. Davies, 69 App.Div. 502, 75 N.Y.S. 229; Le Blanc v. Jackson, Tex.Civ.App., 161 S.W. 60, 66; Daniels v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 135 Pa.Super. 450, 5 A.2d 608, 611.
In Scotch Law
The term means a guardian.
In Louisiana
A person appointed to take care of the estate of an absentee.
In Missouri
The term "curator" has been adopted from the civil law, and it is applied to the guardian of the estate of the ward as distinguished from the guar- dian of his person. Duncan v. Crook, 49 Mo. 117.
Curator ad hoc
In the civil law. A guardian for this purpose; a special guardian.
Curator ad litem
Guardian for the suit. In English law, the cor- responding phrase is "guardian ad litem."
Curator bonis
In the civil law. A guardian or trustee appoint- ed to take care of property in certain cases; as for the benefit of creditors. Dig. 42, 7. In Scotch law. The term is applied to guardians for minors, lunatics, etc.
Curatores viarum
Surveyors of the highways.
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