Definition of mandate Mandate
/mæˈndejˌt/ - [mandeyt] - man•date
We found 13 definitions of mandate from 5 different sources.
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What does mandate mean?
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NounPlural: mandates |
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| mandate - a document giving an official instruction or command | ||
| authorization, authorisation | ||
| legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| mandate - the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory | ||
| commissioning, commission the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | ||
| political science, government, politics the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" | ||
| mandate - 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 | ||
| mandatory | ||
| district, territorial dominion, dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | ||
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| mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony" | ||
| delegate, depute, designate, assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||
| mandate - make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests" | ||
| prescribe, dictate, order say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary" | ||
| mandate - assign authority to | ||
| delegate, depute, designate, assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||
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- mandate (Noun)
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. - mandate (Verb)
To authorize.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mandate (n.)
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. - mandate (n.)
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. - mandate (n.)
A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.
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A command or authorization to act in a particular way given by an administrator to a subordinate, by a court to a lower court or by an electorate to its representative.
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