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

Example Sentences

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administrative law

He said that would be a hearing officer’s or administrative law judge’s decision when one is assigned to the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

The case will be heard by a state administrative law judge, who will provide a recommendation to Lara on a possible penalty.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Last month, the state public-service commission ruled Sleca could abandon 158 customers, including the Boss family, but sent the case over the remaining 124 back to an administrative law judge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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

In 1822 appeared his Questions de droit administratif, in which he for the first time brought together and gave scientific shape to the scattered elements of administrative law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various