mandator

man·date

 (măn′dāt′)

n.

1. An authoritative command or instruction.

2. A command or authorization given by a political electorate to the winner of an election.

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 The specific directive issued by a reviewing court to a lower court, as in requiring the lower court to enter a new judgment or to conduct further proceedings consistent with the reviewing court's ruling.

tr.v. man·dat·ed, man·dat·ing, man·dates

1. To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate of the League of Nations.

2. To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require: mandated desegregation of public schools.

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

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man′da′tor n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mandator - an authority who issues a mandate   authority - (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"

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