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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mandant, n. [L. mandant-em pres. p. of mandāre to command.] One who gives a mandate (Mandat n. 2). —1681 Stair Inst. (1693) i. xii. 1.
[A mandate connotes a] warrand, or order, upon the part of the mandant to the mandatar, to do some affair to the behove of the mandant
