Administrator
Someone appointed by a court to manage the assets and liabilities of someone who died intestate.
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
A person appointed by a probate court to handle the distribution of the property of someone who has died without a will, or with a will that fails to name someone to carry out this task. (See also: administrator ad litem, administrator ad prosequendum, administrator cum testamento annexo, administrator de bonis non, administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo, administrator pendente lite, administrator with will annexed, special administrator)
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
August 19, 2010, 5:10 pm
