mandat, n.m., (jur.) warrant, mandate, authority, charge, commission; (com.) draft; check; money-order; order. — de comparution; summons to appear. — d’arrêt, — d’amener; warrant. — de or sur la poste; money-order. — de dépôt; commitment. — de perquisition; search warrant. — de banque; bank-post bill.

mandataire, n.m., mandatory; proxy, attorney, representative, agent.

mandater, v.a., to deliver an order for the payment of; to deliver an order for.

mandement (mān-dmān), n.m., mandate, order, mandamus; charge (of a bishop).

mander, v.a., to write, to write word, to send word, to send for; to inform, to acquaint, to let know. Je lui ai mandé de venir; I have sent him word to come. On a mandé le médecin; the doctor was sent for.

mandibule, n.f., (anat.) mandible, jaw.

☉*mandille, n.f., livery-coat.

mandoline, n.f., mandolin.

mandoliniste, n.m., mandolin-player.

mandore, n.f., mandore (sort of lute).