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man·da·to·ry /'man-də-ˌtȯr-ē/ adj: containing or constituting a command: being obligatoryman·da·to·ri·ly /-ˌtȯr-i-lē/ adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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binding, bounden, called for, coercive, commanded, commanding, compulsory, crucial, decreed, demanded, essential, exigent, imperative, incumbent on, indispensable, involuntary, necessary, necessitated, necessitous, obligatory, ordained, peremptory, prerequisite, prescribed, pressing, required, requisite, unavoidable, urgent, vital, without appeal, without choice
associated concepts: mandatory injunction, mandatory relief, mandatory sentence, mandatory statutory provisions
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binding, compulsory, conclusive (determinative), decretal, essential (required), exigent, imperative, indispensable, involuntary, necessary (required), obligatory, peremptory (imperative), positive (prescribed), requisite, unavoidable (inevitable), unavoidable (not voidable)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Required; compulsory.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Required, compulsory, or obligatory.Category: Business, LLCs & CorporationsCategory: Employment Law & HRCategory: ImmigrationCategory: Small Claims Court & LawsuitsCategory: Wills, Trusts & Estates
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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Peremptory; obligatory; required; that which must be subscribed to or obeyed.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Peremptory; obligatory; required; that which must be subscribed to or obeyed.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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adj., adv.absolutely demanded or required.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
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mandatory — man‧da‧to‧ry [ˈmændətri ǁ tɔːri] adjective LAW something that is mandatory must be done, usually because the law or an official rule says so; = COMPULSORY; OBLIGATORY: • They face mandatory retirement at age 65. • mandatory testing of car… … Financial and business terms
Mandatory — Man da*to*ry, a. [L. mandatorius.] 1. Containing a command; preceptive; directory. [1913 Webster] 2. Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority. [PJC] 3. (Law) Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Mandatory — Man da*to*ry, n. Same as {Mandatary}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mandatory — (adj.) 1570s, of the nature of a mandate, from L.L. mandatorius pertaining to a mandator, from L. mandatus, pp. of mandare (see MANDATE (Cf. mandate) (n.)). Sense of obligatory because commanded is from 1818 … Etymology dictionary
mandatory — [adj] required, necessary binding, commanding, compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, de rigueur, essential, forced, imperative, imperious, indispensable, involuntary, irremissible, needful, obligatory, requisite; concept 546 Ant. optional,… … New thesaurus
mandatory — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ required by law or mandate; compulsory. DERIVATIVES mandatorily adverb … English terms dictionary
mandatory — [man′də tôr΄ē] adj. [LL mandatorius] 1. of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate 2. authoritatively commanded or required; obligatory 3. having received a mandate over some territory n. pl. mandatories a country assigned to administer a… … English World dictionary
mandatory — /maendat(a)riy/ adj. Containing a command; preceptive; imperative; peremptory; obligatory See also mandatory injunction @ mandatory instructions See jury instructions @ mandatory presumption (presumption) @ mandatory sentencing See sentence @… … Black's law dictionary
mandatory — /maendat(a)riy/ adj. Containing a command; preceptive; imperative; peremptory; obligatory See also mandatory injunction @ mandatory instructions See jury instructions @ mandatory presumption (presumption) @ mandatory sentencing See sentence @… … Black's law dictionary