Law Dictionary Definitions

administrative review.See REVIEW. [Blacks Law 8th]

administrative remedy.See REMEDY. [Blacks Law 8th]

administrative  process.  1.  The  procedure  used  before  administrative  agencies.  [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure    309. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure § 71.] 2.  The  means  of  summoning  wit-nesses  to  an  agency  hearing.  [Cases:  Administrative  Law  and Procedure    464.C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 124, 132.] [Blacks Law 8th]

administrative  proceeding.A hearing, inquiry, investigation, or trial before an administrative agency,  usu. ad-judicatory in  nature but sometimes quasi-legislative. —  Also termed evidentiary hearing;  full  hearing;  trial-type  hearing;  agency  adjudication.  [Cases:  Administrative  Law  and Procedure    309, 341–513. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 71, 76–171.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Administrative Procedure Act. 1. A federal statute establishing practices and procedures to be followed  in  rulemaking  and  adjudication.  •  The  Act  was  designed  to  give  citizens  basic due-process protections such as the right to present evidence and to be  heard by an independent hearing  officer.  2.  A  similar  state  statute.  —  Abbr.  APA.  [Cases:  Administrative …

administrative patent judge.See JUDGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

administrative order.See ORDER(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

administrative officer.See OFFICER(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

Administrative  Office  of  the  United  States  Courts.An  office  in  the  judicial  branch  of  the federal  government  responsible  for  administering  the  nonjudicial  business  of  the  federal  courts (except  the  Supreme  Court),  disbursing  funds,  collecting  statistics,  fixing  certain  salaries,  and purchasing  supplies  and  equipment.  •  Created  in  1939,  the  Office  is  supervised  by  the  Judicial Conference of…

administrative-law judge.An official who presides at an administrative hearing and who has the  power  to  ad-minister  oaths, take  testimony,  rule  on  questions  of  evidence, and  make  factual and  legal  determinations.  5  USCA  §  556(c).  —  Abbr.  ALJ.  —  Also  termed  hearing  examiner; hearing  officer;  trial  examiner.  [Cases:  Administrative  Law  and  Procedure    443.  C.J.S.  Public Administrative…