man·date
(m
n
d
t
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KEY
NOUN:
- An authoritative command or instruction.
- A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.
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- A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.
- A region under such administration.
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Law
- An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.
- A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
man·dat·ed
,
man·dat·ing
,
man·dates
- To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate.
- To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require:
mandated desegregation of public schools.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin
mandtum, from neuter past participle of
mandre,
to order; see
man-
2 in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
mandator
(Noun)
