mandate

mandate
{{11}}mandate (n.) "judicial or legal order," c.1500, from M.Fr. mandat (15c.) and directly from L. mandatum "commission, command, order," noun use of neuter pp. of mandare "to order, commit to one's charge," lit. "to give into one's hand," probably from manus "hand" (see MANUAL (Cf. manual)) + dare "to give" (see DATE (Cf. date) (1)). Political sense of "approval supposedly conferred by voters to the policies or slogans advocated by winners of an election" is from 1796. League of Nations sense is from 1919.
{{12}}mandate (v.) 1620s, "to command," from MANDATE (Cf. mandate) (n.). Meaning "to delegate authority, permit to act on behalf of a group" is from 1958; used earlier in the context of the League of Nations, "to authorize a power to control a certain territory for some specified purpose" (1919). Related: Mandated; mandating.

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