ADMINISTRATION (OF AN ESTATE)
\ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈe͡ɪʃən əvən ɪstˈe͡ɪt], \ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən əvən ɪstˈeɪt], \ɐ_d_m_ˌɪ_n_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n__ ə_v_ə_n ɪ_s_t_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ADMINISTRATION (OF AN ESTATE)
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
-
the act of administering medication
By Princeton University
-
the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
-
the act of administering medication
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
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.
-
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.
-
The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
-
The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
By Oddity Software
-
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.
-
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.
-
The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
-
The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
By Noah Webster.
-
The court-supervised distribution of the probate estate of a deceased person. If there is a will that names an executor, that person manages the distribution. If not, the court appoints someone, who is generally known as the administrator. In some states, the person is called the "personal representative" in either instance.
By Oddity Software
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
The part of a government which enforces or carries out the laws; any body of men with executive powers; the act of managing government, enforcing laws, dispensing justice, settling an estate, etc.
-
Administrative.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
-
An administering.
By James Champlin Fernald
Word of the day
Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.