Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AD-MIN-IS-TRA'TION
AD-MIN'IS-TRATEAD-MIN'IS-TRA-TIVE
AD-MIN-IS-TRA'TION, n.
- The act of administering; direction; management; government of public affairs; the conducting of any office or employment.
- The executive part of government, consisting in the exercise of the constitutional and legal powers, the general superintendence of national affairs, and the enforcement of laws.
- The persons collectively, who are intrusted with the execution of laws, and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his council; or the council alone, as in Great Britain.
- Dispensation; distribution; exhibition; as, the administration of justice, of the sacrament, or of grace. – 1 Cor. xii. 2 Cor. ix.
- The management of the estate of an intestate person, under a commission from the proper authority. This management consists in collecting debts, paying debts and legacies, and distributing the property among the heirs.
- The power, office or commission of an administrator. Surrogates are authorized to grant administration. – Laws of New York. It is more usual to say, letters of administration. – Blackstone.
- This name is given by the Spaniards to the staple magazine or warehouse at Callao, in Peru, where foreign ships must unload. – Encyc.
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