1) Decrees 2) Dicta 3) Orders 1) Governmental decrees 2) Official charges 3) Orders 
mandate, mandates, mandated 1. An authoritative order, instruction, or command to do something. 2. A command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: 'The president had a clear mandate to end the war.' 3. A command from a superior court or official to a lower one. 4. In the League ...