Meaning of MANDATE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'mandeyt, [v]man'deyt, 'mandeyt
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | authorisation, authorization, mandatory |
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| | See Also: | | assign, assign, commission, commissioning, delegate, delegate, depute, depute, designate, designate, dominion, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, province, territorial dominion, territory | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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