Overview
In law an administrator (or administratrix for women) can be:
a person appointed by the court to handle the estate of someone who died without a will (administrator of an estate).
In United Kingdom bankruptcy law, an office holder appointed under an Administration Order in relation to a company in financial difficulty, as an alternative to liquidation.
See also
Beswick v. Beswick
De bonis non administratis
English contract law
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