Mandatary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mandatary \Man"da*ta*ry\, n. [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a
     charge, commission, order: cf. F. mandataire. See {Mandate}.]
     1. One to whom a command or charge is given; hence,
        specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his
        prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice.
        --Ayliffe.


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     2. (Law) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business
        commission; a mandatory. --Wharton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mandatary
       n : the recipient of a mandate [syn: {mandatory}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MANDATARY, contracts. One who undertakes to perform a mandate. Jones' Bailm. 
  53; Story on Bailm. 38. Dr. Halifax calls him mandatee. Halif. Anal. Civ. 
  Law, 70, Sec. 16, 17. 
       2. It is the duty of a mere mandatory, it is said, to take ordinary 
  care of the property entrusted to him. Vide Negligence. But it has been held 
  that he is liable only for gross negligence. 14 S. & R. 275; 2 Hawks, R. 
  145; 2 Murph. R. 373; 3 Dana, R. 205; 3 Mason, R. 132; 11 Wend, R. 25; 
  Wright, R. 598; 1 Bouv. 1st. n. 1073.