mandate

1 a document giving an official instruction or command [syn: authorization, authorisation]

2 a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves [syn: mandatory]

3 the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

1 assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"

2 make mandatory; "the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests"

3 assign authority to

English

Etymology

Noun is from mandatum and verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

Noun

1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

Translations

• Finnish: mandaatti, valtuutus, valtakirja,
• French: mandat
• Italian: mandato
• German: Mandat

Verb

1. to authorize

Translations

• Finnish: valtuuttaa
• French: mandater

Italian

Noun

mandate

1. Plural of mandata

Verb

mandate

1. second-person plural present tense of mandare
2. second-person plural imperative of mandare
3. feminine plural past participle of mandare

Mandate can refer to:

• Mandate (civil law), same as power of attorney in common law
• Mandate (international law), an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body
• Mandate (criminal law), an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction
• Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate
• League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919
• Mandate (theology), to some Christians, an order from God
• a mandate is the formal notice of decision from an appeals court
• Mandate (trade union), the trade union in Ireland
• Mandate magazine, a gay pornographic magazine published since the 1970s
• Mandate of Heaven, a traditional Chinese concept of legitimacy used to support the rule of the kings of the Shang Dynasty and later the Emperors of China

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