noun. A director.

noun. In law

noun. A bailor of goods.

noun. The person who delegates another to perform a mandate.

noun. In civil law, the person who employs another (called a manadatarius or mandatary) to convey goods gratuitously, or in a gratuitous agency.

noun. A director; one who gives a mandate or order.

noun. The person who employs another to perform a mandate.

noun. A director; one who gives a mandate or order.

noun. The person who employs another to perform a mandate.

noun. an authority who issues a mandate

"The FDA leadership pushed hard for the bill in Congress, especially provisions giving the agency oversight of production standards and mandator y recall power."

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