Mandate

A direction or request. Thus a check is a mandate by the drawer to his banker to pay the amount to the holder of the check; 1 Q. B. Div. 33. A power of attorney to receive payment in the extinguishment of an obligation. It may be express or implied.

See Howe, Stud. Civ. L. 152.

In Practice. A judicial command or precept issued by a court or magistrate, directing the proper olhcer to enforce a judgment, sentence, or decree. The judgment of an appellate court sent down to the court whose proceedings have been reviewed. In some jurisdictions the court of last resort is authorized to enter final judgment upon which execution may issue without further proceedings, but neither of the federal appellate courts has such power; 1 U.