mandates
Commands from authority
Mandates are official orders or authorizations to act.
A government mandate requires compliance: The state issued mask mandates during the pandemic.
An electoral mandate is the authority voters grant to leaders: She claimed a mandate for reform after her landslide victory.
To mandate something is to require it officially.
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- dictateGive orders imperiously
- fiatAuthoritative official decree
diktat · injunction · proclamation · commandment · instruction · writ · pronouncement · ruling
Legal authority's scope
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominionAuthority to rule
- controlAuthority to direct
command · power · authorization · administration · enforcement · legitimacy · oversight · sanction
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- necessityIndispensable requirement
burden · charge · liability · compliance · accountability · imperative · prerequisite · provision
Organized public voting
- voteFormal choice expression
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
- ballotVoting document
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
platform · victory · landslide · popular · democratic · voter · public · partisan
decree
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- dictateGive orders imperiously
fiat · diktat · injunction · proclamation · commandment · instruction · writ · pronouncement · ruling · directive
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominionAuthority to rule
control · command · power · authorization · administration · enforcement · legitimacy · oversight · sanction · executive
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
necessity · burden · charge · liability · compliance · accountability · imperative · prerequisite · provision · covenant
election
Organized public voting
- voteFormal choice expression
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
- ballotVoting document
constituency · platform · victory · landslide · popular · democratic · voter · public · partisan · bipartisan
statute
Enacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- enactmentPassing into law
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
bill · act · provision · bylaw · amendment · charter · resolution · code · law · policy
- lawslaws, statute, ordinance, acts, statutes
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- government administrationpublic administration, government agencies, ministries, civil servants, public officials
- government powersexecutive power, judicial power, legislative power, war powers, police power
- regulationsrules, rule, regulations, regulation, law
mandatessuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · options · guidelines · advice · requests
mandatespermissions
Official allowances granted
allowances · authorizations · liberties · freedoms · dispensations
mandatesbans
Official restrictions imposed
prohibitions · interdictions · proscriptions · embargoes · moratoriums
- vaccine mandatesLaws requiring protective shots
- mandatory serviceLegally required contribution
- mandatory minimumsLegally required base sentences
- public mandateVoter-granted authority to act
- vaccination mandatesLaws requiring immunization
- mask mandatePolicy requiring facial coverings