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Administrare

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

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.