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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In French law, a grant of power or authority; a power of attorney.
  • noun In French history, one of the circulating notes which were issued by the government about 1796 on the security of the national domains, called mandats territoriaux, to take the place of the abrogated assignats, and which soon became as worthless as the latter.

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