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• tutor — tu·tor / tü tər, tyü tər/ n in the civil law of Louisiana: a guardian of a minor or sometimes of a person with mental retardation compare committee, conservator, curator tu·tor·ship n …   Law dictionary

• Tutor — Tu tor, n. [OE. tutour, L. tutor, fr. tueri to watch, defend: cf. F. tuteur. Cf. {Tuition}.] One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A treasurer; a keeper. Tutour of your… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tutor — /t(y)uwter/ One who teaches, usually a private instructor. State ex rel. Veeder v. State Board of Education, 97 Mont. 121, 33 P.2d 516, 522. In the civil law, this term corresponds nearly to guardian (i.e., a person appointed to have the care of… …   Black's law dictionary

• Law, William — ( 1686 1761 )    theologian and writer whose ideas contributed to early Methodism    William Law, a minister in the Church of England who wrote several classics of Protestant spiritual literature, was born at King s Cliffe, Northamptonshire. He… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

• Law, William — (1686–1761)    Devotional Writer and Polemicist.    Law was born in Northamptonshire, and he was educated at the University of Cambridge.    In 1711 he was ordained into the Church of England ministry, but he refused to take the oath of… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• Law, William — ▪ British author born 1686, King s Cliffe, Northamptonshire, Eng. died April 9, 1761, King s Cliffe       English author of influential works on Christian ethics and mysticism.       He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1705 and in 1711 was …   Universalium

• LAW, WILLIAM —    author of A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, born at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, son of a grocer; entered Cambridge in 1705; became a Fellow, and took orders in 1711; became associated with the family of the elder Gibbon, father of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• tutor — I. n. 1. (Law.) Guardian. 2. Teacher, instructor, master, preceptor, school master. II. v. a. 1. Teach, instruct. 2. Discipline, train, bring under control, treat with authority …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Law, William — (1686 1761)    Divine, s. of a grocer at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, was ed. at Camb., and in 1727 became tutor to the f. of Edward Gibbon, the historian. About 1728 he pub. his best known book, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, a work …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• tutor — A guardian. A person who under the Roman law occupied practically the same position with reference to his minor charge as a guardian of the person of an infant occupies toward his ward, under our laws. See 1 Bl Comm 460. A teacher engaged… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Roman Law —     Roman Law     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Roman Law     In the following article this subject is briefly treated under the two heads of; I. Principles; II. History. Of these two divisions, I is subdivided into: A. Persons; B. Things; C. Actions …   Catholic encyclopedia