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mandates

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noun

  1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
  2. The authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
  3. A papal rescript.
  4. A period during which a government is in power.

verb

  1. To authorize
  2. To make mandatory

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