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mandatory

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man⋅da⋅to⋅ry

  [man-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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–adjective
1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command.
3. Law. permitting no option; not to be disregarded or modified: a mandatory clause.
4. having received a mandate, as a nation.
–noun
5. mandatary.
Origin:
1655–65; < LL mandātōrius. See mandate, -tory 1

Related forms:
man⋅da⋅to⋅ri⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. requisite, exigent.

man⋅da⋅tar⋅y

  [man-duh-ter-ee]
–noun, plural -tar⋅ies.
a person or nation holding a mandate.
Also, mandatory.

Origin:
1605–15; < LL mandātārius one to whom a charge is given. See mandate, -ary
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man·da·to·ry   (mān'də-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  

  1. Required or commanded by authority; obligatory: Attendance at the meeting is mandatory.

  2. Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.

  3. Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.

n.   pl. man·da·to·ries
A mandatary.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: man·da·tary
Pronunciation: 'man-d&-"ter-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tar·ies
: a person to whom the power to transact business for another under a mandate is given

Main Entry: man·da·to·ry
Pronunciation: 'man-d&-"tor-E
Function: adjective
: containing or constituting a command : being obligatory —man·da·to·ri·ly /-"tor-i-lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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