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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

verb

• issue a decree

• decide with authority

95%11Exact Match!
noun

• the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

• an official form on which a request is made

• seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

verb

• make a formal request for official services

• demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service

37%7 The fellow has an appointment, an official commission
noun

• a document giving an official instruction or command

• a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

• the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

verb

• assign under a mandate

• make mandatory

• assign authority to

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