Tutela

Lat in the civil law. Tu-telage; that species of guardlanshlp whlch contlnued to the age of puberty; the guard-lsn belng called “tutor,” and the ward, “pu-pillus.” 1 Dom. Clvll Law, b. 2, tit. 1, p. 260

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)