0 present participle of mandate
1 to give official permission for something to happen:
The UN rush to mandate war totally ruled out any alternatives.
2 to order someone to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] Our delegates have been mandated to vote against the proposal at the conference.
It stated that state constitutions mandating alternative scheduling dates were exempt from the new law.
Respondents gave examples of follow-up action, such as laws mandating random screening of drivers for alcohol, formal organized screening programs, or special payment provisions.
A constitution was established mandating compulsory education through primary school.
Next the author examines the reasons for restricting withdrawals from retirement accounts and more specifically, for mandating at least partial annuitization.
We find that mandating choice could increase plan sponsors' pension expenses above their current cost for traditional defined benefit plans.
Of course, there are enormous problems in mandating equal participation when there are relatively few women to choose from.
In response, revolutionary\military governments responded with decrees mandating medical coverage in the workplace.
But no one considers, much less proposes banning driving, or mandating tanks.
