Administration

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The management and disposal of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no executor; also, in the larger sense, management, etc., by an executor: the right of management conferred by what are called letters of administration. Administration ad colligendum: temporary administration granted to preserve perishable property. Administration cum testamento annexo: administration with the will annexed; administration granted where there is a will, but no executor appointed, qualified, or living. Administration de bonis non administratis: administration of the goods not administered; administration granted where the administrator or executor dies before completing administration. Administration durante absentia: administration during absence; administration granted during the absence of an executor. Administration durante minore aetate: administration during minority; administration granted during the minority of an executor. Administration pendente lite: administration granted pending a suit touching the validity of a will. Ancillary administration: subordinate administration granted to collect assets in a foreign state. Administrator: one who administers, who has authority to administer; one to whom administration is granted, as distinguished from an executor. Administratrix: a female who administers, who has authority to administer.

In old English law. A manager; one who takes charge of the property or affairs of another.

In the civil law. A manager or conductor of affairs, especially of another and in his name and behalf.

Collecting the estate of a deceased intestate under legal appointment, paying his debts, and dividing the remainder among those entitled. Management of affairs generally. Administration ad colligendum: temporary administration granted to preserve perishable goods or property. Ancillary administration: subordinate administration, granted to collect assets in a foreign state. Cum testamento annexo: with the will annexed. Administration granted when there is a will, but no executor. De bonis non: of the goods not [administered]. Administration granted when the first executor or administrator dies before completing the work. Durante absentia: during the absence [of an executor]. Durante minori aetate: administration granted when the executor is a minor, to continue until he attains the lawful age to act. Pendente lite: administration granted pending a suit about the will.

[Lat ddministratio, q. v.] The management of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no executor. 2 Bl. Com. 496. 2 Steph. Com, 232. 2 Kent's Com. 409. 2 Meeves' Hist. Eng, Law, 387: The right to the mam^ement of such an estate, conferred by what are termed letters of administration, (q. v.) Used in this sense in the common expressions ** to grant administration," " to take out administration." This word, though' ordinarily confined in its application to the management of an e»- 6 tate by an admirdstrator^ properly so called, includes also, in a larger sense, management by an executor; the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. Anciently, on the contrary, executio was the general term, applicable to administrators as well as executors. See Executio bonorum. Administration cum testamento annexo, L. Lat. 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 Com, 503, 504. 2 N. T, Bev. Stat, [71], 15, § 14. Administration de bonis non, or de bonis nan administratis. 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 J?/. Com. 506. Administration durante absentia. Administration during absence. Administration granted during the absence of an executor. 2 Bl Com, 503. 1 Lutw. 342. See 8 Cranchf 9. In New- York, this is a case for granting special letters ad colligendum, 2 Bev, Stat, [76], 19, § 38. Administration durante minore estate. Administration during minority. Administration granted during the minority of an executor. 2 Bl. Com, 503. 5 Co. 29, 30. In New- York, this is a case for granting administration cum testamento annexo, 2 Bev, Stat, [69], 13, § 3. Id. [71], 15, § 14. Administration pendente lite. Administration during the suit. Administration granted during the pendency of a suit touching the validity of a will. 2 Bl. Com. 503. In New- York, this is a case for granting special letters ad colligendum, 2 Bev, Stat, [76], 19, § 38.

trusts, is the management of the estate of an intestate, a minor, a lunatic, a habitual drunkard, or other person who is incapable of managing his own affairs, entrusted to an administrator or other trustee by authority of law. Ina more confined sense, and in which it will be used in this article, administration is the management of an intestate’s estate, or of the estate of a testator who at the time administration was granted had no executor. Administration is granted by a public officer duly authorised to delegate the trust; he is sometimes called surrogate, judge of probate, register of wills and for granting letters of administration. It is to be granted to such persons as the statutory provisions of the several states direct. There are several kinds of administrations be-« !sides the usual kind which gives to the administrator the management of all the personal estate of the deceased for an unlimited time. Administration durante minori etate is granted during the minority of an executor, and ceases on his coming of age. Administration durante absentia is granted to some person during the absence of the next of kin. Administration pendente lite is granted pending a suit commenced to test the validity of a paper purporting to be a will. Administration de bonis non, is where an executor or administrator is dead, and no one is left to administer the goods retration cum testamento annero is one death of one of several joint adminiswhich is granted with the will an- trators, the whole authority is vested ‘nexed. in the survivor or survivors. Vide