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ad·min·i·stra·tor /əd-'mi-nə-ˌstrā-tər/ n

1: a person appointed by a probate court to manage the distribution of the assets in the estate of a person who has died without leaving a valid will or leaving a will that does not name an executor able or willing to perform see also administratrix; letters of administration at letter 2 compare executor, personal representative

administrator ad litem: an administrator appointed to represent an estate that is a necessary party to a lawsuit

administrator cum testamento annexo: administrator with the will annexed in this entry

administrator de bo·nis non /-dē-'bō-nis-'nän, -dā-'bō-nis-'nōn/: an administrator appointed to administer the remaining assets in the estate when the preceding administrator or executor can or will no longer perform

administrator pen·den·te li·te /-pen-'den-tē-'lī-tē, -pen-'den-tā-'lē-tā/: special administrator (2) in this entry

administrator with the will annexed: an administrator appointed to administer an estate where the will names no executor or where the named executor is incapable of performing or unwilling to perform – called also administrator cum testamento annexo;

ancillary administrator: a subordinate administrator appointed to administer the assets of an estate that are located in a different jurisdiction from the one where the deceased was domiciled and where the primary administration of the estate is taking place

foreign administrator: an administrator appointed in another state

general administrator: an administrator appointed to administer the entire estate of a deceased person in accordance with the laws of intestacy or in accordance with the will if there is one compare special administrator in this entry

independent administrator: an administrator whose administration of the estate is entirely or mostly unsupervised by the probate court

1: a public officer who administers the estates of deceased people when there is no one else willing or entitled to perform

2: an administrator appointed in some states for the sole purpose of being responsible for the assets in an estate pending settlement of a dispute or when there is doubt as to who should be appointed administrator

1: an administrator appointed to administer only a designated part of the deceased person's estate

2: an administrator appointed for the sole purpose of being responsible for the assets in an estate usu. in some emergency (as a will contest) compare general administrator in this entry

2: a person that administers; esp often cap: the head of a government agency