An official or authoritative command, order, or authorization from a superior official to a subordinate; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept, An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept, a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves, verb_ make mandatory, assign under a mandate, to authorize