Legal Definition and Related Resources of Administrative Agency

A governmental authority other than a court and other than a legislative body, which affects the rights of private parties through either adjudication or rule making. See Bentley v Chastain, 249 S.E.2d 38, 242 Ga. 348.

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Administrative Agency in Historical Law

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What does Administrative agency mean in American Law?

The definition of Administrative agency in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

The broadest term in use to describe an entity (which could be, but rarely is, a single official) wielding governmental authority. A large number of names may be given to administrative agencies, e.g., “board,” “commission,” “department,” “bureau,” “authority,” “administration,” “institute”-and more. There may be some tendency to refer by the term to the independent agencies of the Federal government, but it is only a tendency, and the term is certainly not so restricted in actual use.

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