Mandate
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Mandate can refer to:
- Mandate (international law), an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body
- 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
- Mandate (law), the decision of 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
Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Mandate" http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mandate&oldid=118072927
