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mandate
[ man-deyt ]
noun
- a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:
The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- a command from a superior court or official to a lower one:
The appellate court resolved the appeal and issued a mandate to the district judge.
- an authoritative order or command:
a royal mandate.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- (in the League of Nations) a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony.
- a mandated territory or colony.
- Roman Catholic Church. an order issued by the pope, especially one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
- Roman and Civil Law. a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
- (in modern civil law) any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
- Roman Law. an order or decree by the emperor, especially to governors of provinces.
verb (used with object)
- to authorize or decree (a particular action), as by the enactment of law:
The state legislature mandated an increase in the minimum wage.
- to order or require; make mandatory:
to mandate sweeping changes in the election process.
- to consign (a territory, colony, etc.) to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.
mandate
noun
- an official or authoritative instruction or command
- politics the support or commission given to a government and its policies or an elected representative and his policies through an electoral victory
- Also calledmandated territory often capital (formerly) any of the territories under the trusteeship of the League of Nations administered by one of its member states
- Roman law a contract by which one person commissions another to act for him gratuitously and the other accepts the commission
- contract law a contract of bailment under which the party entrusted with goods undertakes to perform gratuitously some service in respect of such goods
- Scots law a contract by which a person is engaged to act in the management of the affairs of another
verb
- international law to assign (territory) to a nation under a mandate
- to delegate authority to
- obsolete.to give a command to
mandate
- A command or an expression of a desire, especially by a group of voters for a political program. Politicians elected in landslide victories often claim that their policies have received a mandate from the voters.
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ岹ٴǰ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mandate1
Example Sentences
Our constitutionally mandated job is to hold truth to power.
The district has mandated employees receive training about what assistance or documentation they cannot or should not provide to federal immigration authorities.
Victory will bring a seven-year mandate and the resources to implement development and modernising reform at a pace that the rulers of crisis-beset African countries could not even dream of.
Some employers mandate that you must stay at the company for a certain amount of time after receiving tuition assistance.
While the administration is claiming the ruling as a win, the justices mandated that deportees must be given a chance to challenge their removal.
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