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man·date
/ ˈmanˌdāt/
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n.
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an official order or commission to do something:
a mandate to seek the release of political prisoners.
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Law
a commission by which a party is entrusted to perform a service, esp. without payment and with indemnity against loss by that party.
∎ Law
an order from an appellate court to a lower court to take a specific action.
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a written authority enabling someone to carry out transactions on another's bank account.
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hist.
a commission from the League of Nations to a member state to administer a territory:
the British mandate in Palestine.
2.
the authority to carry out a policy or course of action, regarded as given by the electorate to a candidate or party that is victorious in an election:
a sick leader living beyond his mandate.
∎ Can.
a period during which a government is in power.
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v.
[tr.]
1.
give (someone) authority to act in a certain way:
other colleges have mandated coed fraternities.
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require (something) to be done; make mandatory:
the government began mandating better car safety.
2.
hist.
assign (territory) under a mandate of the League of Nations:
[as adj.] (mandated)
mandated territories.
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Unfunded mandates: balancing state and national needs. (law against unfunded mandates ignores vital policy issues)
Magazine article from: Brookings Review; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...of federal unfunded mandates. Even when these officials...a particular federal mandate, they argue that Washington...opponents of unfunded mandates have suggested that...compliance. The new unfunded mandate legislation recognizes...of certain unfunded mandates by exempting federal...
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Mandates won't fix health-care crisis.(HEALTH INSURANCE)
Magazine article from: New Hampshire Business Review; 4/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Studies concluded this mandate alone "would result...picture. All of these mandates are being considered...that happens, how have mandates helped solve the problems...more health insurance mandates in New Hampshire will...BandAid approach of mandate on top of mandate currently...
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UNFUNDED MANDATES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR:JAMES L. BLUM
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 6/3/1998; 700+ words
; ...intergovernmental mandates, and nearly 2 percent had mandate costs exceeding...TABLE 1: CBO MANDATE STATEMENTS FOR BILLS...Governmental Sector - Mandates Mandates...That Identified Mandates 69 64 91 65 Mandate costs exceeded threshold...
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Anti-mandate movement now needs focus - and kid gloves.
Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly; 9/27/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...and derailing the mandate train will be a...attention to unfunded mandates, I submit we must...cannot oppose all mandates. It is critical...b) an unfunded mandate applied explicitly...to cities. These mandates richly deserve our...oppose an unfunded mandate of the second type...
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Unfunded mandates and fiscal federalism: A critique
Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Law Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...concept of unfunded mandates independently useful...Second, does the mandate issue provide insight...the unfunded federal mandate terminology defies precise...grounds, and because such mandates can be supported as...Adler concludes that the mandate concept provides little...
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UNFUNDED MANDATES FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR:ANGELA ANTONELLI
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 2/2/1999; 700+ words
; ...Process February 2, 1999 Testimony on the Mandates Information Act of 1999 By Angela Antonelli...you for inviting me to testify on the Mandates Information Act of 1999. I am Angela...for conducting its daily business. The Mandates Information Act of 1999 is an example...
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Mandates coverage keeps people uninsured.(HEALTH INSURANCE)(health insurance mandates)
Magazine article from: New Hampshire Business Review; 10/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...excessive health insurance mandates proposed by the Democratic...a state health insurance "mandate" is a requirement that an...patient populations. The goal of mandates is to provide individuals access...However, in recent years, mandates have become a tool for legislatures...
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Mandate for change: give cities a break.
Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly; 9/20/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...of the heavy burden unfunded federal mandates impose on local governments. The campaign...provide regular coverage of the unfunded mandates issue, describe local activities on National Unfunded Mandates Day, October 27, and highlight success...
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Mandate madness unjustified, commission says.(includes related article on Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations conference, and related information on mandate problems)
Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly; 1/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...made in the mandate to relieve intergovernmental...on Individual Mandates Of the 14 federal...Crumb Rubber mandate already repealed. These federal mandates, ACIR concluded...benefits of mandates, outline current...and regulatory mandate relief measur
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The mandate hoax of 1995.(Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995)
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/27/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...device is the unfunded mandate, which allows the Federal...hoax. The Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995...limited class of unfunded mandates packaged with other...For new federal mandates, the UMRA applies only...phony new unfunded-mandate statute confirms this...
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Mandate System
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...Ottoman territories as mandates from the League. The...development of each mandate toward eventual independence...by the fact that mandates were awarded with full...of three classes of mandate. Class A mandates were those to be provisionally...
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Mandates and Trusteeships
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
...the reference was to mandates for former colonies. In this fashion the mandate system became a part...deliberations in Paris. Mandates developed historically...interpretation of the general mandate system as applying to...less enthusiastic about mandates that might restrict...
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mandates
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...obligations were assumed by the mandate power to the inhabitants...League, which supervised mandates; it differed from a sphere...and enforce laws. The mandate system was administered...Nations through a Permanent Mandates Commission of 11 members...
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Permanent Mandates Commission
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION oversight...administration under the mandate system of fifteen mandated...policy regarding the mandates. The Commission, however...Norway. Citizens of the mandates could appeal to the...Trusteeship Council as the Mandate System became the trusteeship...
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mandate
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...1919 the League assigned a mandate for each territory to one...the League's Permanent Mandates Commission. The latter...World War II. In 1946 the mandate system was replaced by the...system for the remaining mandates.
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