Mandamento
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Historically a mandamento was the part of Italian territory under the jurisdiction of a "pretore" which is a kind of magistrate. These divisions were abolished in 1923.
Within Cosa Nostra a mandamento is a district of generally three geographically contiguous Mafia families in Sicily. A capo mandamento representing the mandamento is usually entitled to be part of the provincial Mafia Commission.
[edit] References
- Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style (2003) Letizia Paoli, Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-515724-6
- Cosa Nostra. A history of the Sicilian Mafia (2004) John Dickie, Coronet, ISBN 978-0-340-82435-1
