public administrator

A state-appointed officer who administers intestate estates that are not administered by the decedent’s relatives.

• This officer’s right to administer is usu. subordinate to the rights of creditors, but in a few jurisdictions the creditors’ rights are subordinate. [Cases: Executors and Administrators 24.]

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