pūpillāris, e, adj. [pupillus],
of or belonging to an orphan or ward , pupilary : pecuniae, the money of a ward , Liv. 24, 18 fin. : actiones, in behalf of orphans , Quint. 12, 6, 1: aetas, minority , Suet. Aug. 66 fin. : substitutio, the naming of an heir in case of the death of an orphan , Just. Inst. 2, 16; hence such a will is called pupillare testamentum, Dig. 28, 6, 2; or, pupillares tabulae, ib. 28, 6, 36 fin. : praedium, ib. 27, 9, 13. —Subst.: pūpillāris , is, comm., the heir named in place of a deceased orphan : substitutus, Dig. 28, 10, 5.—Adv.: pūpillā-rĭter , in place of an orphan : substituere aliquem, Cod. Just. 6, 30, 20.