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Administer
Administer Ad*min"is*ter, v. i.
1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to
minister.
A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well
as the plenty of the place. --Spectator.
2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act
officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
Administer
Administer Ad*min"is*ter, n.
Administrator. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Administerial
Administerial Ad*min`is*te"ri*al, a.
Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of
government.
Administrable
Administrable Ad*min"is*tra*ble, a.
Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.
AdministrantAdministrant Ad*min"is*trant, a. [F., p. pr. of administrer.
See Administer.]
Executive; acting; managing affairs. -- n. One who
administers. Administrate
Administrate Ad*min"is*trate, v. t. [L. administratus, p. p.
of administrare.]
To administer. [R.] --Milman.
Administration
Administration Ad*min`is*tra"tion (?; 277), n. [OE.
administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.]
1. The act of administering; government of public affairs;
the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting
affairs; the conducting of any office or employment;
direction; management.
His financial administration was of a piece with his
military administration. --Macaulay.
2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively
who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the
superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate
and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry,
alone, as in Great Britain.
A mild and popular administration. --Macaulay.
The administration has been opposed in parliament.
--Johnson.
3. The act of administering, or tendering something to
another; dispensation; as, the administration of a
medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
Administration with the will annexed 4. (Law)
(a) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of
the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no
competent executor.
(b) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an
executor, the strictly corresponding term execution
not being in use.
Administration with the will annexed, administration
granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or
where his appointment of an executor for any cause has
failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc.
Syn: Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution;
dispensation; distribution. AdministrativeAdministrative Ad*min"is*tra`tive, a. [L. administrativus: cf.
F. administratif.]
Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as,
an administrative body, ability, or energy. --
Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv. AdministrativelyAdministrative Ad*min"is*tra`tive, a. [L. administrativus: cf.
F. administratif.]
Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as,
an administrative body, ability, or energy. --
Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv. Administrator
Administrator Ad*min`is*tra"tor, n. [L.]
1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages,
executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial,
political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
2. (Law) A man who manages or settles the estate of an
intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent
executor; one to whom the right of administration has been
committed by competent authority.
Administratorship
Administratorship Ad*min`is*tra"tor*ship, n.
The position or office of an administrator.
Administratrix
Administratrix Ad*min`is*tra"trix, n. [NL.]
A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate
of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have
been granted; a female administrator.
Ancillary administration
Ancillary administration An"cil*la*ry ad*min`is*tra"tion (Law)
An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary
or principal administration of an estate.
MaladministrationMaladministration Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion, n. [Mal- +
administration.]
Bad administration; bad management of any business,
especially of public affairs. [Written also
maleadministration.] maleadministrationMaladministration Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion, n. [Mal- +
administration.]
Bad administration; bad management of any business,
especially of public affairs. [Written also
maleadministration.] Naleadministration
Naleadministration Nale`ad*min`is*tra"tion, n.
Maladministration.
Preadministration
Preadministration Pre`ad*min`is*tra"tion, n.
Previous administration. --Bp. Pearson.
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