Mandans
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. The employing party in a contract of mandate. One who gives a thing in charge to another; one who requires, requests, or employs another to do some act for him. Inst. 3. 27. 1. et seq.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In the civil law. One who gives a thing in charge to another; one who requests or employs another to do some act for him.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. The employing party in a contract of mandate. One who gives a thing in charge to another; one who requires, requests, or employs another todo some act for him. Inst. 5, 27,1, et seq.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Mandator, /., Mandant. A person commanding or committing; the employing party in a contract of mandate.