— administratorship , n.
/ad min"euh stray'teuhr/ , n.
1. a person who manages or has a talent for managing.
2. Law. a person appointed by a court to take charge of the estate of a decedent, but not appointed in the decedent's will.
[ 1400-50; late ME administrator, equiv. to administra ( re ) (see ADMINISTER) + -tor -TOR ]