I. ˈmanˌdāt, -aan- sometimes -ndə̇t, usu -d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French mandat, from Latin mandatum, from neuter of mandatus, past participle of mandare to commit to one's charge, order, enjoin, command, probably irregular from manus hand + -dere to put — more at manual , do
1.
[Medieval Latin mandatum, from Latin, command, mandate]
: maundy
2.
a.
(1) : a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one ; especially : the order or command that embodies the decision of a United States appellate court when final judgment is not entered and is sent to the court below
(2) : mandamus
b. archaic : a papal ordinance in an individual case (as preferment to a benefice)
c.
(1) : a contract under Roman law by which one agrees to perform gratuitously some act for another who agrees to indemnify him
(2) : a contract of agency under civil law in which one undertakes to perform some act for another whether gratuitously or for a reward ; especially : a gratuitous bailment in which the bailee undertakes to do something in respect to the thing bailed — distinguished from deposit
3.
a. : an authoritative command, order, or injunction : a clear instruction, authorization, or direction
acting under the mandate of the statute in question
b. : the authorization to act or approval given by a constituency to its elected representative
accepted the mandate of the people
4.
a. : an order or commission granted by the League of Nations as mandator to a member nation as its mandatary for the establishment of a responsible government over former German colonies or other conquered territory
b. : a mandated colony or territory
II. “, in sense 1 ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. Scotland : to commit (as a sermon) to memory
2. : to administer or assign (as a colony) under a mandate
III. transitive verb
: to make mandatory : order
this … verdict mandating school desegregation — M.L.Abramson
also : direct : require
people are not mandated to wreck their own economic system — Norman Cousins