In the most usual sense of the word, is a person to whom letters of administration, that is, an authority to administer the estate of a deceased per- son, have been granted by the proper court He resembles an executor, but, being appointed by the court, and not by the deceased, he has to give security for the due administration of the estate, by entering into a bond with sureties, called the administration bond.
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