


To give an oath, as to administer the oath of office to the president at the inauguration. To direct the transactions of business or government. Immigration laws are administered largely by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. To take care of affairs, as an executor administers the estate of a deceased person. To directly cause the ingestion of medications or poisons. To apply a court decree, enforce its provisions, or resolve disputes concerning its meaning.

School teachers generally are not authorized to administer medicines that pupils take to school, for example.

When divorced parents cannot agree on how to administer a visitation provision in a judgment granting Child Custody to one of them, they might have to return to court for clarification from the judge.






TO ADMINISTER, trusts. To do some act in relation to an estate, such as none but the owner, or some one authorized by him or by the law, in case of his decease, could legally do. 1 Harr. Cond. Lo. R. 666.

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There is no contraindication for inactive and live vaccines administered in accordance with the vaccination schedule in congenital complement deficiency including classical and alternative complement pathways including deficiency of C5-C9 complement component and factor H and D deficiency.
* Administer PPSV at least 8 weeks after last dose of PCV to
I talk clients through the process and administer the medication while they watch.
The philosophy of community policing had widespread influence on police policies and procedures through the 1990s (Skolnick & Bayley, 1988; Moore, 1992) Appropriately, the local 'Beat Police' Unit administered this Australian pilot program of conferencing in youth justice.
Another electronics recycler states his concern that such a large program, whether administered by a governmental agency or some other third party, might add a layer of bureaucracy that adds to the overall cost of recycling, thereby discouraging innovation and efficiency in the recycling industry.
Deitmer: We take a swab and then administer a topical quinolone.
Consequently, to administer it is to intentionally kill the patient.
The ninety-minute GREs are administered by the Educational Testing Service at various sites across the United States, including a computer-adjustable (the computer increases difficulty with each correct answer) version at many Sylvan Learning Centers nationwide.
When both a bronchodilator and mucolytic are ordered, the bronchodilator should be administered first to open the air passages.
Business owners will find that most companies that administer 401(k) plans will offer some type of package that seeks to incorporate all of these areas into an effective strategy.
The scale takes about ten minutes to administer. The ERS must be administered by a rater since administration and scoring are fairly complex tasks.
Second, the bill makes a variety of changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) that, collectively, would affect the way the banking agencies administer that act.