administration Copy link Outline I. Execution, management1. admĭnistrātĭo2. cūra3. prōcūrātĭoII. The persons constituting the government of a countryIII. Dispensation, distributionIV. Legal t. t. • administration: I. Execution, management: 1. admĭnistrātĭo: the performance and a. of great affairs, rerum magnarum agitatio atque a., Cic.: the a. of public affairs, a. reipublicae, Cic. 2. cūra: the whole a. of public affairs, omnis c. rerum publicarum, Sall. 3. prōcūrātĭo: the a. of public affairs, p. reipublicae, Cic. Phr.: to intrust the consuls with the entire a. of the state, consulibus rempublicam permittere, Cic.: v. direction, management. II. The persons constituting the government of a country: v. government (IV.). III. Dispensation, distribution: Phr.: the a. of justice, jūrisdictĭo: I had finished the a. of justice, jurisdictionem confeceram, Cic.: time is given in trials and the a. of justice, tempus in judiciis ac foro datur, Quint.: Cic. IV. Legal t. t.: Phr.: to grant letters of a. to an intestate's estate, *permittere ut quis ab intestato heres fiat; s. bonis ab intestato succedat; jus bonorum ab intestato procurandorum alicui deferre: v. intestate.