Mandate most often refers to:
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League of Nations mandates, 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 elect ...
, the power granted by an electorate
Mandate may also refer to:
* Mandate (after shave), British after shave brand
* Mandate (criminal law), an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction
* Mandate (international law), an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body
* Mandate (magazine), ''Mandate'' (magazine), a monthly gay pornographic magazine
* Mandate (trade union), a trade union in Ireland
* , various ships of Britain's navy
* Mandate (typeface), a brash-brush typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton
* The formal notice of decision from an appeals court
* A requirement for a Health maintenance organization to provide a particular product
See also
* Contract of mandate, a contract of bailment of goods without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have some act performed about them
* Individual mandate, an often controversial government requirement for the purchase of goods by individuals
* Mandate of Heaven, a traditional Chinese concept of legitimacy used to support the rule of the kings of the Shang Dynasty and later the Emperors of China
* Divine mandate, a political and religious doctrine
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