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Mandate
| Mandate Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Mandate?
[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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mandate: authorisation |
authorization |
mandatory
Related Terms | Find terms related to Mandate: adverse possession |
agency |
agentship |
ally |
alodium |
archduchy |
archdukedom |
assignment |
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behest |
bench warrant |
bid |
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body politic |
brevet |
buffer state |
burgage |
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capias |
captive nation |
care |
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chieftainry |
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commonweal |
commonwealth |
consignment |
constitutional referendum |
country |
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death warrant |
declare |
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delegated authority |
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dependency |
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derivative title |
devolution |
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dictate |
direct |
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duchy |
dukedom |
earldom |
embassy |
empery |
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errand |
executorship |
exequatur |
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facultative referendum |
fee fief |
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fee simple |
fee simple absolute |
fee simple conditional |
fee simple defeasible |
fee simple determinable |
fee tail |
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feud |
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fieri facias |
frankalmoign |
free city |
free socage |
freehold |
full power |
gavelkind |
give an order |
give the word |
grand duchy |
habere facias possessionem |
having title to |
hold |
holding |
imperative |
indirect initiative |
initiative |
injunction |
instruct |
interdict |
issue a command |
issue a writ |
jurisdiction |
kingdom |
knight service |
land |
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lease |
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legation |
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mandamus |
mandant |
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mission |
mittimus |
nation |
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notice |
notification |
occupancy |
occupation |
office |
ordain |
order |
order about |
original title |
owning |
plebiscite |
plebiscitum |
plenipotentiary power |
polis |
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possessing |
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power |
power of attorney |
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precept |
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principality |
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process |
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prohibitory injunction |
promulgate |
pronounce |
property |
property rights |
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tenure in chivalry |
territory |
title |
toparchia |
toparchy |
trust |
trusteeship |
underlease |
undertenancy |
usucapion |
vicarious authority |
villein socage |
villeinhold |
villenage |
warrant |
warrant of arrest |
warrant of attorney |
word |
writ
See Also | assign |
assign |
commission |
commissioning |
delegate |
delegate |
depute |
depute |
designate |
designate |
dominion |
instrument |
legal document |
legal instrument |
official document |
province |
territorial dominion |
territory
Mandate In Webster's Dictionary
\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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