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Mandate can refer to:

• Mandate, a seller's representative of Medium Term Notes and Bank Guarantees.
• 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, which included:
  • French Mandate of Lebanon
  • British Mandate of Mesopotamia
  • British Mandate of Palestine
  • French Mandate of Syria
• Mandate (theology), to some Christians, an order from God
• a mandate is the formal notice of decision from an appeals court
• a requirement for a Health maintenance organization to provide a particular product.
• Mandate (trade union), a 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

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