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It is a power given against a man elected by the people; for consul and tribune are equally mandataries of the people.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Your Majesty is obliged to decide wholly by yourself or through your mandataries.

From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John

The duties of these mandataries are generally the same in any degree of rank.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul