administrative law

American  

noun

1. the body of rules and principles that governs the duties and operations of federal or state administrative agencies, as commissions and boards.

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Etymology

Origin of administrative law

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

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administrative law

Circuit was the one that was really making tons of law around these areas, tons of doctrines and administrative law to guide the agencies without blocking them.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The legal action filed by the department is the first step in a potentially drawn out process, which could lead to a public hearing before an administrative law judge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

He first worked as a private criminal defense attorney, then spent 11 years at an international firm where he focused on criminal, civil and administrative law and, for a time, managed the criminal defense division.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Jeff Narvil, 57, an administrative law judge from Jackson, Mississippi, has spent the past 14 months studying Welsh, largely on his own, often in the early hours of the morning.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

He devoted himself ardently to the study of administrative law with such zeal that he hardly went out of the house, except a little while in the evening to rest his brain.

From Maximina by Armando Palacio Valdés

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