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min·is·te·ri·al /ˌmi-nə-'stir-ē-əl/ adj1: being or having the characteristics of an act or duty prescribed by law as part of the duties of an administrative office2: relating to or being an act done after ascertaining the existence of a specified state of facts in obedience to legal and esp. statutory mandate without exercise of personal judgment or discretion see also mandamus compare discretionary
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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administrative, agential, attendant, attending, auxiliary, bureaucratic, effectual, functional, helpful, helping, implemental, instrumental, intermedial, intermediary, intermediate, intervening, managing, officiating, operative, practical, serviceable, useful
associated concepts: ministerial act, ministerial duty, ministerial officer
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administrative, executive
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj. Of the nature of a routine or mechanical function performed with a minimum of discretion.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Done under the direction of a supervisor; not involving discretion or policymaking.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Done under the direction of a supervisor; not involving discretion or policymaking.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.