THE LEGAL PROCESS

Administrative law judges (ALJ) (not administrative judges) are executive judges for official and unofficial hearings of administrative disputes in the Federal government.

• lawsuit
• employee-rights
• employment law
• self-representation

The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) is an administrative agency that is the central support entity for the judicial branch, providing a wide range of administrative, legal, financial, management, program, and information technology services to the federal courts.

• federal courts

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is a federal act that governs the procedures of administrative law. The APA is codified in 5 U.S.C. §§ 551–559.

• lawsuits-court

See: Administrative Procedure Act

[Last reviewed in November of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]

An administrative warrant is a warrant obtained from a judge by an administrative body to search for violations of administrative rules and regulations. While similar to a criminal warrant, an administrative warrant requires a lower standard of probable cause to be granted.

An administrator is a person who operates or leads a business, public office, agency, or other forms of organization. There are court administrators and local administrators in this category. A court administrator is an official who oversees the nonjudicial functions of a court; for example, maintaining the court’s calendar, judicial assignments, the budget, and any nonjudicial personnel.

An administrator ad litem is a person appointed by a probate court to represent the interests of an estate for the purposes of a lawsuit. 

An administrator ad prosequendum is a counselor appointed by a probate court to initiate and prosecute a case on behalf of the deceased person’s estate.

Admissible evidence is evidence that may be presented before the trier of fact (i.e., the judge or jury) for them to consider in deciding the case. Compare inadmissible evidence. 

• lawsuits-court
• accident-law

An admission is a party's statement acknowledging that a certain statement or fact asserted against that party is true. In certain circumstances an admission can be made by silence. For example, silence after another party's assertion of a fact, would typically elicit an acknowledgment of the asserted fact.