mandate

mandate
mandate [man′dāt΄]
n.
[L mandatum, neut. pp. of mandare, lit., to put into one's hand, command, entrust < manus, a hand + pp. of dare, to give: see MANUAL & DATE1]
1. an authoritative order or command, esp. a written one
2. Historical
a) a commission from the League of Nations to a country to administer some region, colony, etc.: cf. TRUSTEESHIP, sense 2
b) the area so administered: cf. TRUST TERRITORY
3. the wishes of constituents expressed to a representative, legislature, etc., as through an election and regarded as an order
4. Law
a) an order from a higher court or official to a lower one: a mandate on remission is a mandate from an appellate court to the lower court, communicating its decision in a case appealed
b) in English law, a bailment of personal property with no consideration
c) in Roman law, a commission or contract by which a person undertakes to do something for another, without recompense but with indemnity against loss
d) any contract of agency
vt.
mandated, mandating
1. to assign (a region, etc.) as a mandate
2. to require as by law; make mandatory
mandator
n.

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