mandate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mandate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mandate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mandate n a document giving an official instruction or command [syn: mandate, authorization, authorisation] 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 Synonym(s): mandate, mandatory the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory v assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony" make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests" assign authority to
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mandate \Man"date\, n. [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; 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. 2. (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. 3. (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.