mandator

American

[man-day-ter] / mænˈdeɪ tər /

noun

a person who gives a mandate.

Etymology

Origin of mandator

1675–85; < Latin mandātor; see mandate, -tor

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The mandator bids another to act in his name, and therefore he is the principal and not the accessory or secondary cause of injury.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan

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