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“mandate”
1. An authoritative order, instruction, or command to do something by law: The mandate of the governor of the state required more roads to be built.
3. A command from a superior court or official to a lower one: The mandate from the judge required Gerald to appear at the local judiciary body next week.
4. Etymology: from Latin mandatum, "commission, order" and mandare, "to order, to commit to one's charge"; literally, "to give into one's hand"; probably from manus, "hand" + dare, "to give".
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Citizens of the town were told that work on repairing the bridge would start as soon as an official mandate was received by the contractors.
2. 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.3. A command from a superior court or official to a lower one: The mandate from the judge required Gerald to appear at the local judiciary body next week.
4. Etymology: from Latin mandatum, "commission, order" and mandare, "to order, to commit to one's charge"; literally, "to give into one's hand"; probably from manus, "hand" + dare, "to give".
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