Administrare
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
L, Administer. To manage; to take charge and dispose according to law of the effects of an intestate, or of a testator having no executor.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I., Administer. To manage, take charge of.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the civil law. To manage; to take, or have charge of. Tutelam administrare; to undertake a guardianship. Inst. 1. 25. 9. Ut solus administret; to have the sole administration or management. Id. 1. 24. 1. Used in the same sense with gerere. Id, ibid.
In the common law. To administer; to take charge and dispose of the effects of an intestate. Plene administramt (q. v.); he has fully administered.