Public Administrator
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One appointed to administer the estates of intestates where there is no person interested in them competent and willing to take the administration. He is generally a standing officer, or an officer of court acting ex officio, as the sheriff in Arkansas (23 Arki 304), or the clerk of the superior court in Georgia (20 Ga. 775); but the term is also applied to an administrator appointed for the occasion in default of any application for administration.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An officer who administers the estates of intestates dying without heirs.