[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:The president had a clear mandate to end the war.", "a command from a superior court or official to a lower one:The appellate court resolved the appeal and issued a mandate to the district judge.", "an authoritative order or command:a royal mandate.Synonyms: ruling , edict , injunction , decree , fiat", "(in the League of Nations) a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony.", "a mandated territory or colony.", "Roman Catholic Church.an order issued by the pope, especially one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.", "Roman and Civil Law.a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.", "(in modern civil law) any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.", "Roman Law.an order or decree by the emperor, especially to governors of provinces."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to authorize or decree (a particular action), as by the enactment of law:The state legislature mandated an increase in the minimum wage.", "to order or require; make mandatory :to mandate sweeping changes in the election process.", "to consign (a territory, colony, etc.) to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate."]}]