Definitions for: Mandate


[n] (politics) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
[n] a document giving an official instruction or command
[n] a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and inhabited by people not yet able to stand by themselves and so put under the tutelage of some other European power
[v] assign authority to
[v] assign under a mandate; of nations



Webster (1913) Definition: Man"date, n. [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to
one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus
hand + dare to give: cf. F. mandat. See Manual, Date a
time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday.]
1. An official or authoritative command; an order or
injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty
mandates, and her words you hear. --Dryden.

2. (Canon Law) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary
collator to put the person therein named in possession of
the first vacant benefice in his collation.

3. (Scots Law) A contract by which one employs another to
manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must
have been gratuitous. --Erskine.

Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, mandatory

See Also: assign, assign, commission, commissioning, delegate, delegate, depute, depute, designate, designate, dominion, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, province, territorial dominion, territory

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