An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.

(politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.

(Canada) A period during which a government is in power.

(historical) A historical order by the league of nations to establish a government in a conquered territory, or the territory itself.

(uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.

(Discuss(+) this sense) To authorize.

To make mandatory.