Definitions for mandates

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mandates man·date

Spelling: [man-deyt]

IPA: /ˈmæn deɪt/

Mandates is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 364 anagrams from letters in mandates (aademnst).

Definitions for mandates

noun

1. a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:
2. a command from a superior court or official to a lower one:
3. an authoritative order or command:
4. (in the League of Nations) a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony.
5. a mandated territory or colony.
6. Roman Catholic Church. an order issued by the pope, especially one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
7. Roman and Civil Law. a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
8. (in modern civil law) any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
9. Roman Law. an order or decree by the emperor, especially to governors of provinces.

verb (used with object)

1. to authorize or decree (a particular action), as by the enactment of law:
2. to order or require; make mandatory:
3. to consign (a territory, colony, etc.) to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.

Origin of mandates

1540-50; Latin mandātum, noun use of neuter of mandātus, past participle of mandāre to commission, literally, to give into (someone's) hand. See manus, Examples for mandates

Aught else than servile obedience in accomplishing the mandates of those in power?

It did not occur to Robert to question the mandates of this lordly being.

New York is one of only two states that mandates that hospitals publish their C-section rates.

The army must be purely executive, carrying out the mandates of the State.

Mr. Pericles' mandates was being obeyed, when a cry of "Wilfrid!"

The mandates make business owners with 50 or more employees offer health-care insurance or face a $2,000 fine.

She then produced her mandates, and the guards laid them at the feet of Ahubal.

He experiments constantly, and he believes in understanding and exploring the reasons behind rules and mandates.

In September, legislators passed HB 1307, which mandates a 72-hour waiting period for all women seeking an abortion.

The bill also mandates the implementation of a standardized training process for all CBP officers and Border Patrol agents.