Some important or General administrative terminology useful for Shorthand outline practice.

above cited
above mentioned
absence without permision
absent without leave
absorption
accommodation
accommodating terms
accord priority to
accountability
account for
accredited correspondent
accrued interest
acknowledge
acquaint
acquire
active consideration
act of misconduct
actuarial valuation
adapted to our needs
addition and alteration
adduce
ad interim
adjudication
administrative approval
administrative function
administrative head
admissible
admonition
adult franchise
advice of dispatch
advice of payment
affection or ill-will without
affranchise
after consultation with
aggregation
agrarian
allegiance
allowances, admissible
ambiguous
amelioration
amortisation
analogous
antecedent
application of order
appraisal
appreciation in price
approbation
approved as proposed
arbitration
arbitrator’s award
archives
arduous
arises, if a question
arising in the course of
arithmetical mistake
arranged in order of merit
ascending order, in
assimilate
as you are, no doubt, aware
attendant circumstances
authenticity of the orders
bad blood
ballistic expert
banishment
bare denial
basic pay
benevolence
best endeavours
best price obtainable
betterment levy
betterment tax
biased opinion
biennial
bipartite
blanket order
bonafide
bone of contention
borne on the books
borne on the cadre
brains trust
breach of discipline
brevity
broken period
bulk inspection
bulk of expenditure
calculated to deceive
cancellation of indent
cash balance
cash book
cash memo
cash payment
catalogue

certificate, last pay
charge, assumption of
charge, relinquishment of
civil liberty
claiming under
clandestinely
coercion
collateral agreement
collision
collusion
commemoration
commencement
commendable
commensurate
composite property
comprehensive programme
concentration
conciliation proceedings
confession
conformity
consecutively numbered
construe
consular functions
contemporaneous
contention is untenable
contiguous
contingent nature
contingent use
contribution, valuable
contributory negligence
conversant with
convertible
corpus of property
corresponding
corroborate
corroborative evidence
counsel, standing
countervailing duties
countervailing force
cranage
credence, letter of
cumulative effect
daily wages
defray
defunct company
dejure
delegation of powers
demeanour
denigrate
dereliction of duty
derogating from power
designation
designedly
dilatory
diligence
diligent
disability pension
disfigure
disorderly conduct
dispassionate opinion
displeasure
divisional office
drafting and noting
duty, sense of
effectually
efficacious
eligibility certificate
elucidate
enforceable
error and omission
evasion of tax
evasive reply
exclusive right
exercise of discretion
exhaust
exhaustive
ex-officio
exonerate
ex-parte
expenses entailed on him
exponent
extenuating circumstances
extraneous substance
facet
fact finding
faithfully, yours
fallacious argument
fidelity guarantee policy
fixation of pay
flimsy grounds
follow up action
forbidden by law
foreclosure
fortuitous event
glance through, may
glaring disparity
good and sufficient reason
gratification
gratuitous
habeas corpus
habitable condition
halting allowance/station
herein provided for
hereto annexed
heretofore
hereunder

ibidem (ibid)
imprest
improbable
impromptu
impropriety
improvisation
incognito
incoherent
incongruous
incriminate
indemnify
indemnity bond
indenture
infringement of rights
inftructuous
ingress
initials
innocuous
inoculation
instantaneous action
intangible
inter alia
intestate
intransigent
intra vires
intricate
in vogue
ipso facto
ipso jure
justiciable
justifiable
justification
land appurtenant thereto
land, arable
land slide
linguistic minorities
liquidated damages
liquidation of debt
liquidator
malbehaviour
mandate
mandatory
meritorious service
merits and demerits
merits of the claim
minute of dissent
minutes of meeting
most favoured nation
multifarious duties
mutation
mutatis mutandis
mutilated
narrative
narrow majority
narrow mentality
nascent industry
national
national anthem
national development
national economy
national emblem
national flag
national highway
nationalized bank
naturalisation
neutrality
nevertheless
nomenclature
non-availability certificate
non-bailable
on-cognizable offence
non-combatant
on-compliance
non-statutory
not-traceable
notwithstanding
null and void
numbered consecutively
outshell, in a
obdurate
obedience
obiter dictum
obviate
onus of proof
open general license
operative part
opportune moment
oppressed
orderly proceedings
ornamental
outlay, capital
outlying areas
outside the normal scope
ovation
overall deficit
overcharge
overriding commission
painstaking
paradox
paramount
par excellence
parochialism
par value
patronage
pauper
pay, substantive
pecuniary
penultimate
perpetual
perquisite
persistently
pertaining to
pertinent
perusal
perverse
plaintiff
plebiscite
pledge
plenary session
point of substance
pooled standard rent
possesses several qualities
posthumous
post mortem examination
potential
preamble
pre-audit
precaution
preclude
predecessor
predetermined
predominant
pre-eminent
prefabricated
preferential right
prejudice
prejudicial
prerequisite
prerogative

presently payable
pre-shipment loan
press communique/note
presumptive pay
prevailing condition
prima facie
proclaimed offender
proficiency
profiteering
promulgation
propagate
propriety
pro-rata
protagonist
pursuance of, in
purview
quadruplicate
quandry
quantitative
quarantine leave
quinquennial
quintuplicate, in
quittance
quod vide
raise Objection
random
rateable property
rationalization
reassessment
recklessly
reconciliation of accounts
reconditioning
reconstitution
recurrence
referendum
refinance
refute
reimburse
remittance
remuneration
repeal
replenishment
reprimand
repudiate
repugnant
rescind
resume
revalidation
revaluation
rigorous imprisonment
running staff
running summary
sabotage
sanctioned projects
sanctioning authority
sanctity
sane
save as provided
save with the permission
scarce currency
securing compliance
sedition
segregate
self assessment
self-contained
self-contradictory
self-evident
semi-detached house
serious inconvenience
serious repercussion
set forth
set in
set out the reasons
set unto one’s hand
sinking fund
slackness
sojourn
sole arbitrator
solemn affirmation
spontaneous action
stagnation
stalemate
status quo
statute
staunch
steering committee
stipendiary
stipulated conditions
stipulated sum
strenuous
strict interpretation
strife
stringency
stupendous
subjective
subjudice
submissive
subscribed capital
subsistence allowance
subsisting
substantial
substantial injustice
subvention
subversive activities
sui-juris
sumptuary allowance
suo motu
superabundance
superannuation
superficial
superimpose
superintendence
superstructure
suppress
surmise
surmount obstacles
surreptitious inspection
surveillance
susceptible of another interpretation
sustained
synchronise
tacit consent
tall talk
tempering
temper with
tangible asset
teething troubles
terminable
terms of reference
testamentary document
testimony
thence

thenceforth
thumping majority
total disablement
touching that subject
traction
traditional practice
transaction
transaction of business
transcribe
transcription
translation
transliteration
treachery
treason
treated as cancelled, may be
triennial
trifling matter
tripartite
trust, breach of
trustworthy
two-fold action
ubiquitous
ultramodern
ultra vires
unacceptable
unaccounted
unacquainted
unambiguous
unanimity
uncorroborated
under consideration
underestimate
under his hand and seal
underrate
undignified behaviour
unhampered action
unrestricted interpretation
unskilled
unsound mind
unstinted support
untenable
until otherwise provided for
until the contrary is shown
utmost endeavour
utter ignorance
vague
vain, in
valedictory address
vexatious
vigilant, remain
vigorous
vindictive
virtue
virtue of, by
virtue of office, by
virulent form
vital part
vitiate the proceedings
void, ab initio
volition
volte face
vote on account
vote of censure
vote of no confidence
voyage
vulnerability
wage, fair
wage regulation
wagon load
waived his right
waiver
watchword
watching of progress
wear and tear
weeding of records
weighment charges
wharfage
whereabouts
whether of law or fact
which will have the effect
whimsical
wholly or partly
wide fluctuations
wilful