GRATIA MANDATARII

gratia mandatarii (gray-shee-<<schwa>> man-d<<schwa>>-tair-ee-I). [Latin] Hist. For the

sake of the man-datory. • The phrase appeared in reference to the irrevocability of a mandate given

solely for the mandatory’s benefit.

“Gratia mandatarii …. In the general case, a mandate, being for the benefit of the mandant,

may be recalled by him at pleasure. Mandates, however, which are granted solely for the sake (or

advantage) of the mandatory, such as the mandate contained in the registration clause of a deed,

whereby the granter gives authority for its registration, are not revocable.” John Trayner, Trayner’s

Latin Maxims 237 (4th ed. 1894). [Blacks Law 8^th]