Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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administration durante absentia

An administration granted during the absence of either the executor or the person who has precedence as administrator.

durante absentia

[Law Latin] During absence. ( This term referred to the administration of an estate while the executor was out of the county or otherwise absent. During the executor's absence, the administration sometimes continued because a delay until the executor's return would impair the estate settlement.