MANDANS
\mˈandənz], \mˈandənz], \m_ˈa_n_d_ə_n_z]\
Definitions of MANDANS
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Lat In the civil law. The employing party in a contract of mandate. One who gives a tiling in charge to another; one who requires, requests, or employs another to do some act for him. Inst 3, 27, 1, et seq.
By Henry Campbell Black
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A small tribe of Indians, numbering about 500, now dwelling on a reservation in Dakota. They are first heard of about 1772. They then lived on the Missouri, about 1500 miles up from its mouth. They are of light complexion, hence many vain attempts to trace their descent from the supposed Welsh colony of Prince Madoc.
By John Franklin Jameson
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