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Mandate (Auftrag)

A mandate  (Auftrag) is a contract between the mandator and the mandatary. By accepting a mandate, the mandatary agrees to carry out a transaction entrusted to him by the mandator for the mandator gratuitously. See § 662 BGB. 

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