A person legally vested with the right of administration of an estate.
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MEDICAL, US:

1. Individual appointed by a court to manage and settle a deceased person’s estate. 2. Third-party entity or individual responsible for the management of a group insurance program. Responsibilities include accounting, certificate issuance, and insurance claim reimbursement. 3. In a 401(k) defined-contribution pension plan, a company that processes employees’ contributions, mails statements, ensures compliance with federal tax law, and handles other bureaucratic chores. 4. In the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the title of the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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An individual or professional organization (such as a Bank’s Trust Department) authorized to administer the estate of a deceased person by the court; his or her duties are to collect assets of the estate, pay its debts, and distribute the residue to those entitled. He or she resembles an executor who is appointed by the will of the deceased. The administrator is appointed by the court and not by the deceased and therefore must give security for the administration of the estate, called an administration bond.

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1. A person appointed by the court to administer the estate of another who died intestate or without an executor. Section 167 of the Judicature Act 1925 obliges the administrator to enter into an administration bond. 2. The person or persons regarded by the Inland Revenue and, where relevant the Occupational Pensions Board, as responsible for the management of a pension scheme. 3. An insolvency practitioner managing the affairs of a company when it into administragoes tion.

Involving maritime law, concerning the high seas or navigable waters.

Admiralty Court is a court having jurisdiction over maritime questions pertaining to ocean transport, including contacts, charters, collisions and cargo damages.

Courts of law that deal with matters pertaining to the sea.

Admiralty law (also known as “Maritime Law”) includes all areas of law relating to maritime activity. Navigation, commerce, the shipment of goods, the transportation of passengers, and matters dealing with maritime employees are all covered. Admiralty law governs much of the insuring language in Ocean Marine Insurance. (See Ocean Marine Insurance).

Admiralty law is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offences. It deals with matters including marine commerce, marine navigation, sailors, shipping and the transportation of passengers and goods by sea. Although, many countries have enacted their own general maritime legislation admiralty law is characterized by a significant amount of International Law developed in recent decades including various multilateral treaties.

A admiralty lawyer or maritime lawyer deals with maritime law. This could involve collisions at sea, maritime torts, industrial torts, transactional law and environmental law. Ship owners and charters may engage admiralty lawyers for ship registration, ship sale, shipping litigation, arbitration, ship arrests and release apart from handling cases relating to marine insurance.

A type of proceedings involving questions of maritime suit. Any insurance claim involving ocean marine insurance would usually be settled by an admiralty court.