Mandate
[n] (politics) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
[n] a document giving an official instruction or command
[n] a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and inhabited by people not yet able to stand by themselves and so put under the tutelage of some other European power
[v] assign authority to
[v] assign under a mandate; of nations
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adverse possession, agency, agentship, ally, alodium, archduchy, archdukedom, assignment, authority, authorization, behest, bench warrant, bid, bidding, body politic, brevet, buffer state, burgage, call on, call the signals, call upon, capias, captive nat