Administrator (law)

For other uses, see Administrator.

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