rence of a condition, on this occurrence his office determines.
3 Similarly tutelage is terminated by the death either of pupil or
of guardian. 4 If a guardian suffers such a loss of status as
entails loss of either liberty or citizenship, his office thereby
completely determines. It is, however, only the statutory kind
of guardianship which is destroyed by a guardian's undergoing
the least loss of status, for instance, by his giving himself in
adoption. Tutelage is in every case put an end to by the pupil's
suffering loss of status, even of the lowest order. 5 Testa-
mentary guardians appointed to serve until a certain time lay
down their office when that time arrives. 6 Finally, persons
cease to be guardians who are removed from their office on
suspicion, or who are enabled to lay down the burden of the
tutelage by a reasonable ground of excuse, according to the
rules presently stated.

TITLE XXIII
OF CURATORS

Males, even after puberty, and females after reaching marriage-
able years, receive curators until completing their twenty-fifth
year, because, though past the age fixed by law as the time of
puberty, they are not yet old enough to administer their own
affairs. 1 Curators are appointed by the same magistrates who
appoint guardians. They cannot legally be appointed by will,
though such appointment, if made, is usually confirmed by an
order of the praetor or governor of the province. 2 A person
who has reached the age of puberty cannot be compelled to
have a curator, except for the purpose of conducting a suit:
for curators, unlike guardians, can be appointed for a particular