A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
A period during which a government is in power.
Such a territory.
The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
To authorize.
To make mandatory.