Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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ADMEZATORES

ADMINISTRATION

the intention that the person to whom it is deliv ered shall commit suicide therewith, and which poison is accordingly taken by the suicide for that purpose; or to be present at the taking of poison by a suicide, participating in the taking thereof, by assistance, persuasion, or otherwise,—each and all of these are forms and modes of " administer ing "poison. 23 Ohio St 146. ADMINISTRATION. In public law. The administration of government means the practical management and direction of the executive department, or of the public ma chinery or functions, or of the operations of the various organs of the sovereign. The term "administration" is also conventionally applied to the whole class of public function aries, or those in charge of the management of the executive department. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES. The management and settlement of the es tate of an intestate, or of a testator who has no executor, performed under the supervision of a court, by a person duly qualified and le gally appointed, and usually involving (1) the collection of the decedent's assets; (2) payment of debts and claims against him and expenses; (3) distributing the remainder of the estate among those entitled thereto. The term is applied broadly to denote the management of an estate by an executor, and also the management of estates of minors, lunatics, etc., in those cases where trustees have been appointed by authority of law to take charge of such estates in place of the legal owners. Bouvier. Administration is principally of the follow ing kinds, viz. : Ad colligendum. That which is granted temporarily, for the purpose of collecting and preserving property of a perishable nature. Ancillary administration is auxiliary and suboidinate to the administration at the place of the decedent's domicile; it may be taken out in any foreign state or country where as sets are locally situated, and is merely for the purpose of collecting such assets and paying debts there. Cum testamento annexo. Administration with the will annexed. Administration granted in cases where a testator makes a will, without naming any executors; or where the executors who are named in the will are incompetent to act, or refuse to act; or in case of the death of the executors, or the sur vivor of them. 2 Bl. Comm. 503, 504. Be bonis non. Administration of the goods not administered. Administration granted for the purpose of administering such of the goods of a deceased person as

ADMEZATORES. In old Italian law. Persons chosen by the consent of contending parties, to decide questions between them. Literally, mediators. Spelman. ADMINICLE. In Scotch law. An aid or support to something else. A collat eral deed or writing, referring to another which has been lost, and which it is in gen eral necessary to produce before the tenor of the lost deed can be proved by paroi evidence. Ersk. Inst. b. 4, tit. 1, § 55. Used as an English word in the statute of 1 Edw. IY. c. 1, in the sense of aid, or sup port. In the civil law. Imperfect proof. Merl. Repert. ADMINICULAR. (From adminicu him, q. ©.) Auxiliary to. "The murder would be adminicular to the robbery," {i. e., committed to accomplish it.) 3 Mason, 121. ADMINICULAB EVIDENCE. In ec clesiastical law. Auxiliary or supplement ary evidence; such as is presented for the purpose of explaining and completing other evidence. ADMINICULATE. To give adminicu lar evidence. ADMINICULATOR. An officer in the Romish church, who administered to the wants of widows, orphans, and afflicted per sons. Spelman. ADMINICULUM. An adminicle; a prop or support; an accessory thing. An aid or support to something else, whether a right or the evidence of one. It is princi pally used to designate evidence adduced in aid or support of other evidence, which with out it is imperfect. Brown. ADMINISTER. To discharge the duties of an office; to take charge of business; to manage affairs; to serve in the conduct of affairs, in the application of things to their uses; to settle and distribute the estate of a decedent. In physiology, and in criminal law, to ad minister means to cause or procure a person to take some drug or other substance into his or her system; to direct and cause a med icine, poison, or drug to be taken into the system. 8 Ohio St. 131; 34 N. Y. 223; 11 Fla. 247; 1 Moody, 114. Neither fraud nor deception is a necessary ingre dient in the act of administering poison. To force poison into the stomach of another; to compel an other by threats of violence to swallow poison; to furnish poison to another for the purpose and with

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