SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR

Wills , Trusts and Estates Laws. A person appointed by a probate court to manage the affairs of a deceased person during probate, usually a portion of the estate to preserve the assets. For example, an art curator may be appointed to ensure the care of a decedent's large art collection before it is sold. A special administrator may also be appointed to manage the affairs of the … [Read more...] about SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR

Relating to or designating a species, kind, or sort; designed for a particular purpose; confined to a particular purpose, object, person, or class. The opposite of "general." Special act. A private statute; an act which operates only upon particular persons or private concerns. 1 Bl. Comm. 86; Unity v. Burrage, 103 U. S. 454, 26 L. Ed. 405. Special case. In English practice. … [Read more...] about SPECIAL

A method of compounding an offense, allowed in the English practice, where the court permits a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor to speak with the prosecutor before judgment is pronounced; if the prosecutor declares himself satisfied, the court may Inflict a trivial punishment. 4 Steph. Comm. 261. … [Read more...] about SPEAKING WITH PROSECUTOR

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equity pleading. One which contains an argument in the body of it; as, for instance, when a demurrer says, in or about the year 1770, which is upwards of twenty years before the bill filed. See DEMURRER … [Read more...] about SPEAKING DEMURRER