Administrative Record

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
AR
Pronunciation
/ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv ˈrɛkərd/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. When the product of a committee's deliberations is placed in the administrative record, it is available to those who engage in political and judicial oversight of the agency.
  2. The court's reasoning seems equally applicable to other rulemaking situations, because it now standard practice for courts to review a rule on the basis of the administrative record.
  3. But now that informal actions are reviewed on the " administrative record," that functional distinction has lost its force.
  4. Since even informal actions are now generally reviewed on an administrative record, the fact-finding capabilities of a trial court are not needed;
  5. However, Overton Park's administrative record concept was an essential step in the development of " hard look " review of rulemaking.

Other meanings of AR