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mandate

In history, a territory whose administration was entrusted to Allied states by the League of Nations under the Treaty of Versailles after World War I. Mandated territories were former German and Turkish possessions (including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine). When the United Nations replaced the League of Nations in 1945, mandates that had not achieved independence became known as trust territories.

In general, mandate means any official command; in politics also the right (given by the electors) of an elected government to carry out its programme of policies.



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with all his lore, Wherefore he sang, or whence the mandate sped.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
The rich ornaments of his military attire had indeed been repeatedly handled by different individuals of the tribes with eyes expressing a savage longing to possess the baubles; but before the customary violence could be resorted to, a mandate in the authoritative voice of the large warrior, already mentioned, stayed the uplifted hand, and convinced Heyward that they were to be reserved for some object of particular moment.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
I heard that thousands of prisoners had been released, few of whom dared to return to their own countries owing to the mandate of terrible death which rests against all who return from the Valley Dor.
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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