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Mandate

Man′date

,
Noun.
[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, order, or authorization from a superior official to a subordinate; 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.
4.
(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.
5.
(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.

Definition 2024

Mandate

Mandate

See also: mandate, mandaté, and man date

German

Noun

Mandate

  1. plural of Mandat

mandate

mandate

See also: Mandate, mandaté, and man date

English

Noun

mandate ‎(plural mandates)

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

Translations

Verb

mandate ‎(third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated)

  1. to authorize
  2. to make mandatory

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Verb

mandate

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mandater
  2. third-person singular present indicative of mandater
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mandater
  4. second-person singular imperative of mandater

Italian

Noun

mandate f

  1. plural of mandata

Verb

mandate

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

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

mandāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mandātus

Pronunciation

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