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  2. Mandate (politics) - Wikipedia

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    A mandate is desirable for political parties, as it gives them leeway in policy implementation. [1] A party or candidate may claim to have a mandate, but it only confers a political advantage if this claim is widely accepted. [5] Non-electoral governments, such as dictatorships and monarchies, may also claim to have a popular mandate to rule. [6]

  3. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  4. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.

  5. Mandate - Wikipedia

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    Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate; Mandate may also refer to: Mandate (aftershave), British aftershave brand; Mandate (criminal law), an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; Mandate (international law), an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body; Mandate, a monthly gay pornographic magazine

  6. Mandate for Leadership - Wikipedia

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    Mandate for Leadership is a series of books published by The Heritage Foundation, an American conservative think-tank based in Washington, D.C. They offer specific conservative policy recommendations designed to be implemented by the federal government .

  7. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    mandate Bilateral agreement for direct representation between a principal and agent. Compare procuratio. Parties: mandatarius 'agent' mandator 'principal' monstrum: monster Child born with severe deformities. Plural monstra. mora accipiendi: delay of the one receiving Delay in payment or performance on the part of the creditor or obligor.

  8. Converse (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]

  9. Presidential system - Wikipedia

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    A presidential, strong-president, or single-executive system is a form of government in which a head of government (usually titled "president") heads an executive branch that derives its authority and legitimacy from a source that is separate from the legislative branch.