{{wiktionary|mandate}}
'''Mandate''' most often refers to: * League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919 * Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate
'''Mandate''' may also refer to: * Mandate (aftershave), British aftershave 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), a monthly gay pornographic magazine * Mandate (trade union), a trade union in Ireland * {{HMS|Mandate}}, various ships of Britain's navy * Mandate (typeface), a brash-brush typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton * The formal notice of decision from an appellate 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 * Basic mandate, an aspect of the electoral system * Divine mandate, a political and religious doctrine * North Atlantic mandates, aspect of the Danish electoral system
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