mandate
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
Other meanings
The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
Word history
From Latin "mandātum" (a charge, order, command, commission, injunction).
Where this comes from
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