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  1. 1. n. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a document giving an official instruction or command Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. 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 Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. assign under a mandate Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. make mandatory Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. assign authority to Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear. Dryden. 2. (Canon Law) 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. 3. (Scots Law) A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. Erskine. Source: webster
  11. 11. A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to putthe person therein named in possession of the first vacant beneficein his collation. Source: adambom
  12. 12. v:26/n:74 n. a document giving an official instruction or command n. 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 n. the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory Source: ecdict

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