Also known as: administers · administered · administering · administration · administrations · administrator · administrators · administratrix · estate administration · personal representative
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The management or oversight of court operations, trials, and the justice system. A court sets trial locations with regard for convenience and the prompt administration of justice. Judges cooperate with court officials in the administration of court business.
The management of a trust or estate by a fiduciary according to its terms and applicable standards. A trustee must administer the trust as a prudent person would. After a settlor's death the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims and costs of administration of the settlor's estate.
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The management or oversight of court operations, trials, and the justice system. A court sets trial locations with regard for convenience and the prompt administration of justice. Judges cooperate with court officials in the administration of court business.
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Antonio Alvarado is charged with an offense committed partly in two districts. The government selects the district of the offense for prosecution. The court then chooses the specific courthouse within that district after weighing the convenience of witnesses and the need for prompt administration of justice.
Judge Amber Alonzo learns that a neighboring court faces a sudden docket backlog. She assigns staff to assist with scheduling and shares resources so that both courts can handle their caseloads without delay.
Abigail Alvarez serves on the board of a nonprofit that drafts model legislation. She discloses to her client that a pending reform could increase the client's regulatory compliance costs but continues serving because the organization addresses administration of the law.
The court must consider convenience of the defendant, victims, and witnesses along with the need for an expeditious trial. The rule requires the court to balance these factors when fixing the place of trial inside the proper district.
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No. A judge must cooperate with other judges and court officials in the administration of court business. Refusal to assist would violate the duty of cooperation.
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The management of a trust or estate by a fiduciary according to its terms and applicable standards. A trustee must administer the trust as a prudent person would. After a settlor's death the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims and costs of administration of the settlor's estate.
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Alan Ackerman dies leaving a revocable trust whose assets exceed his probate estate. After death the trustee must administer the trust assets to satisfy the decedent's creditors and the costs of administration of the estate to the extent the probate estate is inadequate.
Austin Abbott's will devises mortgaged real property to Alexis Archer. The personal representative administers the estate and pays the mortgage from estate assets so that Archer receives the property free of the lien under the exoneration doctrine.
After the settlor's death the trust property is subject to creditors' claims and estate administration costs to the extent the probate estate cannot satisfy them. The settlor may direct the source of payment.
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The personal representative pays the lien from estate assets so the devisee receives the property free of the mortgage unless the will or statute provides otherwise.
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…mandamus to compel ministerial acts concerning the public including compelling the presentment of conveyances, admitting to administer an estate, putting corporate seals to instruments and delivering papers which concern the public. The first writ of mandamus commands the officer to do the thing or show cause why not; if…
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…The Due Process Clause is not a guarantee of every right that should inhere in an ideal system.”). The need for restraint in administering the strong medicine of substantive due process is a lesson this Court has learned the hard way. The Court first applied substantive due process to strike down a statute in Dred Scott v.…
…the law. In attempting to promote uniformity of law throughout the United States, the doctrine had prevented uniformity in the administration of the law of the State. The discrimination resulting became in practice far-reaching. This resulted in part from the broad province accorded to the so-called "general law" as to which…
…C. § 1257. Common trust fund legislation is addressed to a problem appropriate for state action. Mounting overheads have made administration
Anchor Bank receives a federal directive ordering its state-chartered branches to perform background checks under a new federal program. State officials instruct the bank not to administer the federal checks because the federal government may not command state officers to enforce federal regulatory programs.
A lawyer must disclose when the lawyer knows the client's interests may be materially benefitted by a decision in which the lawyer participates. The lawyer need not identify the client.
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No. The doctrine bars only federal commands that require states or their officers to administer or enforce federal regulatory programs. Voluntary state participation remains permissible.
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