Administration durante minoritate administratoris

What does Administration durante minoritate administratoris mean in American Law?

The definition of Administration durante minoritate administratoris in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

“Administration during the administrator’s minority,” i.e., administration of a decedent’s estate during the minority of the named executor, or person normally entitled

to appointment as administrator. Nowadays it would be the ordinary. practice just to pass over the minor and appoint an administrator of full age. Indeed, unless perhaps the minor executor were very shortly going to achieve his majority, this would also be the modern course of action if the named executor were a minor, though in earlier days a temporary substitute, called an “administrator pendente minoritate executoris,” ( ) or an “administrator minori aetate” ( ) would once have been appointed.