In appellate practice, a mandate is a formal notice of a decision by a court of appeal; this notice is transmitted to the trial court and, when filed by the clerk of the trial court, constitutes the final judgment on the case, unless the appeal court has directed further proceedings in the trial court. The mandate is distinguished from the appeal court's opinion, which sets out the legal reasoning for its decision. In some jurisdictions the mandate is known as the remittitur.
Example Usage of Mandate
zerocredit: Typo in Law Establishes Mandate to Lock Gun-Toting Train Passengers in Boxes: Dec. 21, 2009 By Chad Pergram - F.. http://bit.ly/7sbLtY
thrivenation: Woodman's drops mental health coverage, blames federal Mandate - Capital Times http://bit.ly/4IWU5a
pdjmoo: GETTING UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THE U.N. CAN AND CANNOT DO: IT'S Mandate: The UN in Brief http://ow.ly/OmIQ
