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Mandatum

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the civil law. Mandate (g. V.) MANDATUM NISI GRATUITUM NULlum est. Unless a mandate is gratuitous, it is not a mandate. Dig. 17. 1. 1. 4; Inst. 3, 27; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 1070. MANDAV! BALLIVO. In English practica The return made by a sheriff when he has committed the execution of a writ to a bailiff of a liberty, who has the right to execute the writ. MANENS (pi. manentes; Law Lat. from manere, to remain or stay). In Saxon and tural tenant (qui hydan colit). Spelman. The ceorls are mentioned in the later Anglo-Saxon charters, under the name of manentes. 1 Spence, Ch. 50.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A mandate; a command.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civil law. The contract of mandate, (q. v.)

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. The contract of mandate, (¢. v.}

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I., Mandate. A command a contract by which one