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An official or authoritative command, order, or authorization from a superior official to a subordinate; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
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An authorization to carry out a specific public policy, given by the electorate to their representatives; -- it is considered to be implied by the election of a candidate by a significant margin after that candidate has campaigned with that policy as a prominent element of the campaign platform.
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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.
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A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.
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A command or order.
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A bank's customer writes instructions on the mandate for the bank to follow when operating the customer's account.
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means in the same time the mission entrusted by electors to a selected person and the duration of this mission.
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federal regulations to which states and municipalities must adhere. Also, when the vote in a particular election implicitly endorses the views espoused by a candidate ahead of time.
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An order; in the Gazetteer, it is usually an order from the king to a royal official such as a sheriff.
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Instruction to branch delegate(s) on which way to vote on motions decided by branch members at a mandating meeting held prior to conference when the Booklet of Motions and timetable has been received and distributed: ie'for''against''abstain' or 'listen to the debate and decide for yourself which way you think the branch members would want you to vote'.
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The Government's claim that once elected they have the right and responsibility to implement their policies.
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a formal order given by a higher authority
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An instruction to an estate agent to render a service, for which the estate agent will get paid. Read more about mandates.
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An official command. South Africa had a UN mandate over South West Africa, meaning that the UN commanded South Africa to handle the country's administration for a certain period.
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Specific instruction or requirement. Order Number, Date, Topic/Subject Matter Authorization Reference, Authorizing Office, Text, Times, Type, Concurrence and Approvals Program/project guidance, law, regulation, directives, orders, policy, budget calls, programmatic guidance issued to contractors and labs, management principles; legislation (e.g. Clinger-Cohen Act); requirements (reporting, financial, procurement, personnel, operational, programmatic).
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the authorisation, both internal and external, to execute a function.
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An authoritative instruction or command.
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a document giving an official instruction or command
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the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
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assign authority to
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a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization like the United Nations , to a country to have it follow the instructions of that organisation
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a commission from a higher authority to execute a decree or an injunction on behalf of a lesser person or nation
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a contract by which a person, the principal, confers authority on another person, the mandatary, to transact one or more affairs for the principal
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an authoritative command or instruction
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an authoritative order from higher officials or from voter constituents
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an authorization given to act to a representative of the people
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an authorization given to an elected official to act on behalf of their constituency
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an authorization or command
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an ecclesiastical license that authorizes a Catholic theologian to teach theology in a Catholic institution of higher learning, in the name of the church
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Authorization for an organization to carry out a specific programme or activity as assigned to it by government, or other directing body; a summary of the organization's purpose (click here to see the WVDA mandate)
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The authorised powers of a mechanism -- the document which explains what the mechanism is authorised to do.
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A commission, authorization, or charter of authority given to a person or organization to carry out specific responsibilities.
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A judicial command directing a public officer to enforce a judgment or sentence.
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The authority given to a party winning Government by voters, to implement policies which were the subject of an election campaign; a commission to act for another.
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A mandate is a set of official instructions or statement of purpose of a firm.
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A judicial command or precept proceeding from a court or judicial officer, directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment, sentence, or decree.
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Activity Model: component of ICOM Creator's mandate and functions The authority and responsibility vested in an agency to act within a determined area of organizational activity. A mandate is exercised by means of functions.
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An authority given to a man to act (gratuitously) for another.
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A written instruction, normally in the bank's standard form, naming a person (the mandatee) who is authorised to sign and operate the current account.
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The actual signed authority given by a customer to the bank instructing the bank to make regular payments on behalf of the customer.
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letter from royal or papal authority issuing instructions or regulations
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Command from a court directing the enforcement of a judgment, sentence or decree.
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The authority vested in an agency or department through its mission.
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Authority granted to a state to govern a particular region in order to promote self-government.
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Judicial command or order directing an officer of the court to enforce judgment, sentence or decree.
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Instruction, order, permission to allow or permit something to happen. Usually written e.g. bank mandate, as in a standing order to pay sums to another account.
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A command, order, or direction, written or oral, which court is authorized to give and person is bound to obey.
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An official order or instruction to the person to whom a mandate is given, undertakes to perform gratuitously a duty regarding property entrusted to him; an authority in writing signed by a bank customer authorising another to sign cheques or conduct banking business on his behalf, the instructions from a customers to his bank as to the method of signing on the account.
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An instruction or authority given to an estate agent to render a particular estate agency service for a client (the person conferring the mandate).
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Authority given by one to another to do a certain thing. Scotland also recognises the gratuitous contract of mandate
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In politics, a mandate is the authority granted by an electorate to act as its representative. Elections are often said to give the newly elected government or elected official a mandate to implement certain policies. Also the period a government serves between elections is often referred to as a mandate and when the government seeks re-election it is said to be seeking a "new mandate".
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In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization like the United Nations to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organization.
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