mandate

An authoritative command or instruction.

A command or authorization given by a political electorate to the winner of an election.

A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.

A region under such administration.

The specific directive issued by a reviewing court to a lower court, as in requiring the lower court to enter a new judgment or to conduct further proceedings consistent with the reviewing court’s ruling.

To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate of the League of Nations.

To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require.

To command.

To commit (a sermon, speech, etc.) to memory by repeating (it) aloud to one’s self before delivery.