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mandate

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man⋅date

  [man-deyt] noun, verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
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–noun
1. 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.
2. a command from a superior court or official to a lower one.
3. an authoritative order or command: a royal mandate.
4. (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.
5. a mandated territory or colony.
6. Roman Catholic Church. an order issued by the pope, esp. one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
7. Roman and Civil Law. a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
8. (in modern civil law) any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
9. Roman Law. an order or decree by the emperor, esp. to governors of provinces.
–verb (used with object)
10. to authorize or decree (a particular action), as by the enactment of law.
11. to order or require; make mandatory: to mandate sweeping changes in the election process.
12. to consign (a territory, colony, etc.) to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.
Origin:
1540–50; < L mandātum, n. use of neut. of mandātus, ptp. of mandāre to commission, lit., to give into (someone's) hand. See manus, date 1

Synonyms:
3. fiat, decree, injunction, edict, ruling.
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man·date   (mān'dāt')   
n.  

  1. An authoritative command or instruction.

  2. A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.

    1. A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.

    2. A region under such administration.

    3. An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.

    4. A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.

  4. Law

    1. An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.

    2. A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.

tr.v.   man·dat·ed, man·dat·ing, man·dates

  1. To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate.

  2. To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require: mandated desegregation of public schools.


[Latin mandātum, from neuter past participle of mandāre, to order; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
man'da'tor n.
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Cultural Dictionary

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.

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Word Origin & History

mandate  (n.)
1501, from L. mandatum "commission, order," noun use of neut. pp. of mandare "to order, commit to one's charge," lit. "to give into one's hand," probably from manus "hand" (see manual) + dare "to give" (see date (1)). Political sense of "approval of policy supposedly conferred by voters to winners of an election" is from 1796. Mandatory is attested 1576, "of the nature of a mandate;" sense of "obligatory because commanded" is from 1818.

mandate  (v.)
"to delegate authority, permit to act on behalf of a group," 1958, from mandate (n.). Used earlier in the context of the League of Nations, "to authorize a power to control a certain territory for some purpose" (1919).
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: man·date
Pronunciation: 'man-"dAt
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin mandatum, from neuter of mandatus, past participle of mandare to entrust, enjoin, probably irregularly from manus hand + -dere to put
1 a : a formal communication from a reviewing court notifying the court below of its judgment and directing the lower court to act accordingly b : MANDAMUS
2 in the civil law of Louisiana : an act by which a person gives another person the power to transact for him or her one or several affairs
3 a : an authoritative command : a clear authorization or direction mandate of the full faith and credit clause —National Law Journal> b : the authorization to act given by a constituency to its elected representative

Main Entry: mandate
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: man·dat·ed; man·dat·ing
: to make mandatory or required mandates a criminal defendant's right to confrontation —National Law Journal>
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