Mandate

Mandate can refer to:

• Mandate (civil law), same as power of attorney in common law
• Mandate (international law), an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body
• Mandate (criminal law), an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction
• Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate
• League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919
• Mandate (theology), to some Christians, an order from God
• a mandate is the formal notice of decision from an appeals court
• Mandate (trade union), the trade union in Ireland
• Mandate magazine, a gay pornographic magazine published since the 1970s
• 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