Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Mandate
n. 1. An order from an appellate court directing a lower court to take a specified action. 2. A judicial command directed to an officer of the court to enforce a court order. 3. In politics, the electorate's overwhelming show of approval for a given political platform. 4. Civil law. A written command given by a principal to an agent. 5. Civil law. A commission or contract by which one person (the mandator) requests someone (the mandatary) to perform some service gratuitously, the commission becoming effective when the mandatary agrees. In this type of contract, no liability is created until the service requested has begun. The mandatary is bound to use reasonable care in performance, while the mandator is bound to indemnify against loss incurred in performing the service. - Also termed mandatum. 6. Int'l law. An authority given by the League of Nations and, later, the United Nations to certain governments to take over the administration and development of certain territories. C£ TRUSTEESHIP (2). - mandate, vb. - mandatory, adJ.
mandate rule
The doctrine that, after an appellate court has remanded a case to a lower court, the lower court must follow the decision that the appellate court has made in the case, unless new evidence or an intervening change in the law dictates a different result.