Mandate most often refers to:
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League of Nations mandate
A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administ ...
s, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919
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Mandate (politics)
In representative democracies, a mandate (or seat) is the authority granted by a constituency to act as its representative.
Elections, especially ones with a large margin of victory, are often said to give the newly elected government or electe ...
, the power granted by an electorate
Mandate may also refer to:
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Mandate (after shave) Mandate is a British aftershave brand.
In the 1970s, there were television commercials for Mandate featuring the French pop singer Sacha Distel
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwrit ...
, British after shave brand
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Mandate (criminal law)
A criminal court may impose a "mandate" as part of a legal process on a person accused of a crime consisting of an obligation to engage in certain conditions or activities in exchange for suspension or reduction in penalty; such as, conditions ...
, an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction
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Mandate (international law)
In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization (e.g. the United Nations) to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organization.
Before the creation of the United Nations, ...
, an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body
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''Mandate'' (magazine), a monthly gay pornographic magazine
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Mandate (trade union)
Mandate is a trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining ...
, a trade union in Ireland
* , various ships of Britain's navy
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Mandate (typeface)
Mandate most often refers to:
* League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919
* Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate
Mandate may also r ...
, a brash-brush typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton
* The formal notice of decision from an
appeal
In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and ...
s court
* A requirement for a
Health maintenance organization
In the United States, a health maintenance organization (HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee. It is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance, self-funded healt ...
to provide a particular product
See also
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Contract of mandate
A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tran ...
, a contract of
bailment
Bailment is a legal relationship in common law, where the owner transfers physical Possession (law), possession of personal property ("chattel") for a time, but retains ownership. The owner who surrenders custody to a property is called the "ba ...
of goods without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have some act performed about them
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Individual mandate
An individual mandate is a requirement by law for certain persons to purchase or otherwise obtain a good or service.
United States Militia act
The Militia Acts of 1792, based on the Constitution's militia clause (in addition to its affirmative ...
, an often controversial government requirement for the purchase of goods by individuals
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Mandate of Heaven
The Mandate of Heaven () is a Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China. According to this doctrine, heaven (天, ''Tian'') – which embodies the natural ...
, a traditional Chinese concept of legitimacy used to support the rule of the kings of the Shang Dynasty and later the Emperors of China
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Divine mandate
In European Christianity, the divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandation is a political and religious doctrine of political legitimacy of a monarchy. It stems from a specific metaphysical framework in which a monarch is, before b ...
, a political and religious doctrine
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