MANDATE

mandate

(noun) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

mandate, authorization, authorisation

(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command

mandate, mandatory

(noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

mandate

(verb) assign authority to

mandate

(verb) make mandatory; “the new director of the school board mandated regular tests”

mandate

(verb) assign under a mandate; “mandate a colony”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

mandate (plural mandates)

An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

(politics) The authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.

A papal rescript.

(Canada) A period during which a government is in power.

Verb

mandate (third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated)

to authorize

to make mandatory

Source: Wiktionary

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Man"date, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: 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)

Definition: A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. Erskine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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