An authoritative command or instruction.
A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.
A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.
A region under such administration.
An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.
A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.
Law
To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate.
To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require: mandated desegregation of public schools.