mandatory

Examples

• All

• The League of Nations granted the mandate for the administration of the territory to a Mandatory after World War I.

• The wishes of these communities must be a principal consideration in the selection of the Mandatory 15.

  Academic text (1995)

• A number of Syrian bridgeheads had been established north and south of the Sea of Galilee, inside the borders of Mandatory.

  Academic text (2016)

• Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized, subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.

  Academic text (1995)

• Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized, subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.

  Academic text (1995)

• The two imperial powers thus shouldered the "sacred trust of civilization" and, in their role as mandatories, assumed responsibility for the "well-being and development" of those benighted territories "which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world." According to Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations:

  Academic text (1995)

• There are territories, such as South-West Africa and certain of the South Pacific Islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population, their small size, their remoteness from the centers of civilization, their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory, subject to the safeguards mentioned above in the interests of the indigenous population.

  Academic text (2004)

• The former colonies were administered as Mandatories until they could govern themselves.

Synonyms

M

mandate

vsmandatory

• Archaic

14 8.4

A territory placed under foreign control after World War I

is placed under another power's administration until judged capable of self government

P

protectorate

vsmandatory

• Specialized

9 9.1

A territory that keeps its own government but is partly controlled and protected by a stronger country

is placed under another power's administration until judged capable of self government

D

dependency

vsmandatory

• Specialized

4 5.7

An area controlled by a distant country that is not fully independent

is placed under another power's administration until judged capable of self government

Compounds

M

mandatory injunction

• Formal

9.2

A court order that makes someone do a specific action

Surface Forms

Etymology