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Definition of Administration
Administration

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.

The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.

The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.

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Administration Quotations

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.
George W. Bush

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
George W. Bush

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Ambrose Bierce

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
William Howard Taft

Administration Translations

administration in Afrikaans is administrasie, beheer, kontrole
administration in Dutch is administratiekantoor, bestuur
administration in French is administration
administration in Italian is economato
administration in Latin is cura, procuratio, administratio
administration in Norwegian is forvaltning

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