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Mandate most often refers to:

• League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919
• Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate

Mandate may also refer to:

• Mandate (aftershave), British aftershave brand
• Mandate (criminal law), an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction
• Mandate (international law), an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body
• Mandate (magazine), a monthly gay pornographic magazine
• Mandate (trade union), a trade union in Ireland
• HMS Mandate, various ships of Britain's navy
• Mandate (typeface), a brash-brush typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton
• The formal notice of decision from an appellate court
• A requirement for a health maintenance organization to provide a particular product

See also

• Contract of mandate, a contract of bailment of goods without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have some act performed about them
• Individual mandate, an often controversial government requirement for the purchase of goods by individuals
• 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
• Basic mandate, an aspect of the electoral system
• Divine mandate, a political and religious doctrine
• North Atlantic mandates, aspect of the Danish electoral system