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Definitions for Mandated

[1] a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
[2] a command from a superior court or official to a lower one: The appellate court resolved the appeal and issued a mandate to the district judge.
[3] an authoritative order or command: a royal mandate.
[4] (in the League of Nations) a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony.
[5] a mandated territory or colony.
[6] Roman Catholic Church . an order issued by the pope, especially one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
[7] Roman and Civil Law . a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
[8] (in modern civil law) any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
[9] Roman Law . an order or decree by the emperor, especially to governors of provinces.
[10] to authorize or decree (a particular action), as by the enactment of law: The state legislature mandated an increase in the minimum wage.
[11] to order or require; make mandatory: to mandate sweeping changes in the election process.
[12] to consign (a territory, colony, etc.) to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.
[13] an official or authoritative instruction or command
[14] politics the support or commission given to a government and its policies or an elected representative and his policies through an electoral victory
[15] Also called: mandated territory (often capital) (formerly) any of the territories under the trusteeship of the League of Nations administered by one of its member states
[16] Roman law a contract by which one person commissions another to act for him gratuitously and the other accepts the commission contract law a contract of bailment under which the party entrusted with goods undertakes to perform gratuitously some service in respect of such goods Scots law a contract by which a person is engaged to act in the management of the affairs of another
[17] international law to assign (territory) to a nation under a mandate
[18] to delegate authority to
[19] obsolete to give a command to

Words related to Mandated

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Origin of Mandated

1540–50; < Latin mandātum, noun use of neuter of mandātus, past participle of mandāre to commission, literally, to give into (someone's) hand. See manus, date1

Other words from Mandated

un·man·dat·ed , adjective

Word origin for Mandated

C16: from Latin mandātum something commanded, from mandāre to command, perhaps from manus hand + dāre to give

Synonyms for Mandated

assigned, authorized, charged, decreed, ordered, bid, commanded, dictated, proclaimed, requisitioned, summoned