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mandatary|ˈmændətərɪ|
[ad. L. mandātāri-us, f. mandātum mandate: see -ary.]
†1. One who is appointed to a benefice by a papal mandate. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Mandataire, a Mandatarie; one that comes to a Benefice by a Mandamus. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 117 A Mandatary, to whom the Pope has..given a Mandate for a Benefice.
2. One to whom a mandate is given. Chiefly in Law: see mandate 3.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 315 The mandatary is at liberty not to accept of the mandate. a1768― Instit. iii. iii. §34 (1773) II. 458 Where a number of mandataries are named by a proprietor for the management of the same affair. 1793Helen M. Williams France I. App. ii. 266 (Jod.) When the majesty of the people is violated by attempts committed against its mandataries. 1826Kent Comm. (1873) II. xl. 571 If the mandatary undertakes to carry the article from one place to another. 1848Shand Pract. Crt. Sess. I. 154 It never seems to have been disputed that a foreigner not in the country is bound to have a mandatary. 1861Sat. Rev. 30 Mar. 307/2 For the consideration of a hundred pounds a year,..the Ionian legislator views himself as the mandatary of the nation. |