mandate


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Synonyms for mandate

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Synonyms for mandate

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for mandate

a document giving an official instruction or command

a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

assign under a mandate

make mandatory

assign authority to

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References in classic literature ?
The governors of Colorado and Idaho are but executing the mandates of their masters, the Plutocracy.
The American will know how to appreciate the importance of this opinion, in relation to the house in question, when he is told that it was written by one of those inspired moralists, and profound constitutional lawyers, and ingenious political economists, who daily teach their fellow creatures how to give practical illustrations of the mandates of the Bible, how to discriminate in vexed questions arising from the national compact, and how to manage their private affairs in such a way as to escape the quicksands that have wrecked their own.
Also that kind of obedience, which Tacitus speaketh of, is to be held suspected: Erant in officio, sed tamen qui mallent mandata imperantium interpretari quam exequi; disputing, excusing, cavilling upon mandates and directions, is a kind of shaking off the yoke, and assay of disobedience; especially if in those disputings, they which are for the direction, speak fearfully and tenderly, and those that are against it, audaciously.
La has ignored the mandates of her religion, waiting, always waiting for Tarzan--for her Tarzan.
Some advocates of the individual mandate claim that the various constitutional rationales for it do not lead to unconstrained congressional authority to impose mandates.
According to the state-run pension fund, it opened for bidding the hiring of nine local fund managers to manage its P9-billion fund, which was divided equally under three types of mandates: Balanced Fund Mandate, Pure Equity Fund Mandate and Pure Fixed Income Mandate.
A spokesman for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has dismissed recent media reports that the Supreme Consultation Forum, which was established following the 2018 national elections, will have its mandate ended due to Prime Minister Hun Sen's dissatisfaction with its performance.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has rejected Indivior's motion to stay issuance of the mandate following its ruling vacating the preliminary injunction granted against the Indian company.
The mandate was given to the next candidate K.Nurmanbetov.
In that meeting, he says the institutions were mandated to accept Liberian Dollars for transactional purposes, but they have refused to adhere to the mandate of the joint committee.
'The mandate given by the people in January 8, 2015 still remains intact.
September 6, 2017 (JUBA) - The Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), on Wednesday urged South Sudan government to accept renewal of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) mandate.