mandate

The definition of a mandate is a command to do something.

(noun)

An example of mandate is a state requiring schools to teach a particular curriculum.

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See mandate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. an authoritative order or command, esp. a written one
  2. Historical
    1. a commission from the League of Nations to a country to administer some region, colony, etc.
    2. the area so administered
  3. the wishes of constituents expressed to a representative, legislature, etc., as through an election and regarded as an order
  4. Law
    1. an order from a higher court or official to a lower one: a is a mandate from an appellate court to the lower court, communicating its decision in a case appealed
    2. in English law, a bailment of personal property with no consideration
    3. in Roman law, a commission or contract by which a person undertakes to do something for another, without recompense but with indemnity against loss
    4. any contract of agency

Origin: L mandatum, neut. pp. of mandare, lit., to put into one's hand, command, entrust < manus, a hand + pp. of dare, to give: see manual & date

transitive verb mandated, mandating

  1. to assign (a region, etc.) as a mandate
  2. to require as by law; make mandatory

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See mandate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: Latin mandātum

Origin: , from

Origin: neuter past participle of mandāre, to order; see man-2 in Indo-European roots

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  • manˈdaˌtor noun

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