Legal Term Dictionary

In public law. The administration of government means the practical management and direction of the executive department, or of the public machinery or functions, or of the operations of the various organs of the sovereign. The term "administration" is also conventionally applied to the whole class of public functionaries, or More...

In public law. The administration of government means the practical management and direction of the executive department, or of the public machinery or functions, or of the operations of the various organs of the sovereign. The term "administration" is also conventionally applied to the whole class of public functionaries, or those in charge of the management of the executive department. People v. Sals-bary, 134 Mich. 53J, 96 N. W. 936. Less...

The management and settlement of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator who has no executor, performed under the supervision of a court, by a person duly qualified and legally appointed, and usually involving (1) the collection of the decedent's assets; (2) payment of debts and claims against More...

The management and settlement of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator who has no executor, performed under the supervision of a court, by a person duly qualified and legally appointed, and usually involving (1) the collection of the decedent's assets; (2) payment of debts and claims against him and expenses; (3) distributing the remainder of the estate among those entitled thereto. The term is applied broadly to denote the management of an estate by an executor, and also the management of estates of minors, lunatics, etc., in those cases where trustees have been appointed by authority of law to take charge of such estates in place of the legal owners. Bouvier; Crow v. Hubard, 02 Md. 565. Administration is principally of the following kinds, viz.: Ad colligendum bona de fundi. To collect the goods of the deceased. Special letters of administration granted to one or more persons, authorizing them to collect and preserve the goods of the deceased, are so called. 2 Bl. Comm. 505; 2 Steph. Comm. 241. These are otherwise termed "letters ad colligendum." and the party to whom they are granted, a "collector." An administrator ad colligendum is the mere agent or officer of the court to collect and preserve the goods of the deceased until some one is clothed with authority to administer them, and cannot complain that another is appointed administrator in chief. Flora v. Mennice, 12 Ala. 836. Ancillary administration is auxiliary and subordinate to the administration at the place of the decedent's domicile; it may be taken out in any foreign state or country where assets are locally situated, and is merely for the purpose of collecting such assets and paying debts there. Cum testamento annexo. Administration with the will annexed. Administration granted in cases where a testator makes a will, without naming any executors; or where the executors who are named in the will are incompetent to act; or refuse to act; or in case of the death of the executors, or the survivor of them. 2 Bl. Comm. 503, 504. De bonis non. Administration of the goods not administered. Administration granted for the purpose of administering such of the goods of a deceased person as were not administered by the former executor or administrator. 2 Bl. Comm. 506; Sims v. Waters, 65 Ala. 442; Clemens v. Walker, 40 Ala. 198; Tucker v. Horner, 10 Phila. (Pa.) 122. De bonis non cum testamento annexo. That which is granted when an executor dies leaving a part of the estate unadministered. Conklin v. Egerton, 21. Wend. (N. Y.) 430; Clemens v. Walker, 40 Ala. 180. Durante absentia. That which is granted during the absence of the executor and until he has proved the will. Durante minori atate. Where an infant is made executor; in which case administration with will annexed is granted to another during the minority of such executor, and until he shall attain his lawful age to act. See Godo. 102. Foreign administration. That which is exercised by virtue of authority properly conferred by a foreign power. Pendente lite. Administration during the suit. Administration granted during the pendency of a suit touching the validity of a will. 2 Bl. Comm. 603; Cole v. Wooden, 18 N. J. Law, 15, 20. Public administration is such as is conducted (in some jurisdictions) by an officer called the public administrator, who is appointed to administer in cases where the intestate has left no person entitled to apply for letters. General administration. The grant of authority to administer upon the entire estate of a decedent, without restriction or limitation, whether under the Intestate laws or with the will annexed. Clemens v. Walker, 40 Ala. 108. Special administration. Authority to administer upon some few particular effects of a decedent, as opposed to authority to administer his whole estate. In re Senate Bill, 12 Colo. 193, 21 Pac 482; Clemens v. Walker, 40 Ala. 196. —Letters of administration. The instrument by which an administrator or administratrix is authorised by the probate court, surrogate, or other proper officer, to have the charge and administration of the goods and chattels of an intestate. See Mutual Ben. L. Ins. Co. v. Tisdale, 91 U. S. 243, 23 h. Ed. 314. Less...

In English practice. A suit brought in chancery, by any one interested, for administration of a decedent's estate, when there is doubt as to its solvency. Stimson

In English practice. A suit brought in chancery, by any one interested, for administration of a decedent's estate, when there is doubt as to its solvency. Stimson Less...

Pertaining to administration. Particularly, haviug the character of executive or ministerial action. In this sense, administrative functions or acts are distinguished from such as are judicial. People v. Austin, 20 App. Div. 1, 46 N. Y. Supp. 526. —Administrative law. That branch of public law which deals with the various More...

Pertaining to administration. Particularly, haviug the character of executive or ministerial action. In this sense, administrative functions or acts are distinguished from such as are judicial. People v. Austin, 20 App. Div. 1, 46 N. Y. Supp. 526. —Administrative law. That branch of public law which deals with the various organs of the sovereign power considered as in motion, and prescribes in detail the manner of their activity, being concerned with such topics as the collection of the revenue, the regulation of the military and naval forces, citizenship and naturalization, sanitary measures, poor laws, coinage, police, the public safety and morals, etc. See Holl. Jur. 305-307.—Administrative officer. Politically and as used in constitutional law, an officer of the executive department of government, and generally one of inferior rank; legally, a ministerial or executive officer, as distinguished from a judicial officer. People v. Salsbury, 134 Mich. 537, 96 N. W. 936. Less...

in the most usual sense of the word, is a person to whom letters of administration, that is, an authority to administer the estate of a deceased person, have been granted by the proper court. He resembles an executor, but, being appointed by the court, and not by the deceased, More...

in the most usual sense of the word, is a person to whom letters of administration, that is, an authority to administer the estate of a deceased person, have been granted by the proper court. He resembles an executor, but, being appointed by the court, and not by the deceased, he has to give security for the due administration of the estate, by entering into a bond with sureties, called the administration bond. Smith v. Gentry, 16 Ga. 31; Collamore v. Wilder, 19 Kan. 78. By the law of Scotland the father is what is called the ''administrator-in-law'' for his children. As such, he is ipso jure their tutor while they are pupils, and their curator during their minority. The father's power extends over whatever estate may descend to his children, unless where that estate has been placed by the donor or grantor under the charge of special trustees or managers. This power in the father ceases by the child's discontinuing to reside with him, unless he continues to live at the father's expense; and with regard to daughters, it ceases on their marriage, the husband being the legal curator of his wife. Bell. A public administrator is an officer authorized by the statute law of several of the states to superintend the settlement of estates of persons dying without relatives entitled to administer. In the civil law. A manager or conductor of affairs, especially the affairs of another, in his name or behalf. A manager of public affairs in behalf of others. Calvin. A public officer, ruler, or governor. Nov. 95, gl.; Cod. 12, 8. —Domestic administrator. One appointed at the place of the domicile of the decedent; distinguished from a foreign or an ancillary administrator.—Foreign administrator. One appointed or qualified under the laws of a foreign state or country, where the decedent was domiciled. Less...

A female who administers, or to whom letters of administration have been granted.

A female who administers, or to whom letters of administration have been granted. Less...

Lat. He has administered. Used in the phrase plene administravit, which is the name of a plea by an executor or administrator to the effect that he has "fully administered" (lawfully disposed of) all the assets of the estate that have come to his hands.

Lat. He has administered. Used in the phrase plene administravit, which is the name of a plea by an executor or administrator to the effect that he has "fully administered" (lawfully disposed of) all the assets of the estate that have come to his hands. Less...

In European law. An officer who presided over the admiralitas or collegium ammiralitatis. Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 2, c. 2, § 1. In old English law. A high officer or magistrate that had the government of the king's navy, and the hearing of all causes belonging to the sea. More...

In European law. An officer who presided over the admiralitas or collegium ammiralitatis. Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 2, c. 2, § 1. In old English law. A high officer or magistrate that had the government of the king's navy, and the hearing of all causes belonging to the sea. Cowell. In the navy. Admiral is also the title of high naval officers; they are of various grades,—rear admiral, vice-admiral, admiral, admiral of the fleet the latter being the highest. Less...

L. Lat Admiralty; the admiralty, or court of admiralty. In European law. An association of private armed vessels for mutual protection and defense against pirates and enemies.

L. Lat Admiralty; the admiralty, or court of admiralty. In European law. An association of private armed vessels for mutual protection and defense against pirates and enemies. Less...

A court exercising jurisdiction over maritime causes, both civil and criminal, and marine affairs, commerce and navigation, controversies arising out of acts done upon or relating to the sea, and over questions of prize. Also, the system of jurisprudence relating to and growing out of the jurisdiction and practice of More...

A court exercising jurisdiction over maritime causes, both civil and criminal, and marine affairs, commerce and navigation, controversies arising out of acts done upon or relating to the sea, and over questions of prize. Also, the system of jurisprudence relating to and growing out of the jurisdiction and practice of the admiralty courts. In English law. The executive department of state which presides over the naval forces of the kingdom. The normal head is the lord high admiral, but in practice the functions of the great office are discharged by several commissioners, of whom one is the chief, and is called the "First Lord." He is assisted by other lords and by various secretaries. Also the court of the admiral. The building where the lords of the admiralty transact business. In American law. A tribunal exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, or offenses. 2 Pars. Mar. Law, 508; New England Marine Ins. Co. v. Dunham, 11 Wall. 1, 23, 20 L. Ed. 90; De Lovio v. Bolt 2 Call. 398, Fed. Cas. No. 3,776; The Belfast v. Boon, 7 Wall. 024, 19 L. Ed. 266; Ex parte Easton, 95 U. S. 68, 72, 24 L. Ed. 373. Less...