mandate

man·date  (mndt)

n.

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.

tr.v. 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.

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[Latin mandtum, from neuter past participle of mandre, to order; see man-² in Indo-European roots.]

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mandator n.

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mandate

n [ˈmændeɪt -dɪt]

1. an official or authoritative instruction or command

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Politics the support or commission given to a government and its policies or an elected representative and his policies through an electoral victory

3. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) Also called mandated territory (formerly) any of the territories under the trusteeship of the League of Nations administered by one of its member states

4. (Law)

a.  Roman law a contract by which one person commissions another to act for him gratuitously and the other accepts the commission

b.  Contract law a contract of bailment under which the party entrusted with goods undertakes to perform gratuitously some service in respect of such goods

c.  Scots law a contract by which a person is engaged to act in the management of the affairs of another

vb [ˈmændeɪt] (tr)

1. (Law) International law to assign (territory) to a nation under a mandate

2. to delegate authority to

3. Obsolete to give a command to

[from Latin mandātum something commanded, from mandāre to command, perhaps from manus hand + dāre to give]

mandator  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mandate - a document giving an official instruction or command authorisation, authorization legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	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, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
	3.	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, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political units
Verb	1.	mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony" assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
	2.	mandate - make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests" dictate, prescribe, order - issue commands or orders for
	3.	mandate - assign authority to assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

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mandate

noun command, order, charge, authority, commission, sanction, instruction, warrant, decree, bidding, canon, directive, injunction, fiat, edict, authorization, precept The union already has a mandate to ballot for a strike.

Translations

mandate [ˈmændeɪt]

A. N

1. (= authority) → mandato m
the UN troops have no mandate to intervene in the fighting → las tropas de la ONU no tienen mandato para intervenir en el conflicto
he does not have a mandate to rule this country → carece de autoridad para gobernar este país

2. (= country) → territorio m bajo mandato

B. VT

1. (= authorize) [+ person] → encomendar, encargar; [+ elections] → autorizar

2. [+ country] → asignar bajo mandato (to a)

3. (US) (= make mandatory) → exigir

mandate [ˈmændeɪt]

n → mandat m
to give sb a mandate → donner mandat à qn
to be given a mandate to do sth → être mandaté(e) pour faire qch

vt
to be mandated to do sth → être mandaté(e) pour faire qch

mandate

n → Auftrag m; (Pol) → Mandat nt; (= territory) → Mandat(sgebiet) nt; to give somebody a mandate to do something → jdm den Auftrag geben or jdn damit beauftragen, etw zu tun; we have a clear mandate from the country to … → wir haben den eindeutigen Wählerauftrag, zu …

vt to mandate a territory to somebody → ein Gebiet jds Verwaltung (dat) → unterstellen, ein Gebiet als Mandat an jdn vergeben

mandate [ˈmændeɪt] n → delega, mandato

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mandate [ˈmændeɪt] n → delega, mandato