mandate

Written authorization and/or command by a person, group, or organization(the 'mandator') to another (the 'mandatary') to take a certain course of action. Normally revocable until executed, a mandate is automaticallyterminated on the bankruptcy, incapacitation, removal from office, or death of the mandator. A check, for example, is a mandate issued by a customer of abank, to pay it as ...

The recent controversial mandate requiring all employees to follow an identical dress code regardless of their gender was lifted yesterday.