Legal Definition and Related Resources of Mandatory
Meaning of Mandatory
He to whom a mandate , charge commandment is given; also, he tha obtains a benefice by mandamus . That which is required as if by mandate, obligatory; containing, nature of, pertaining to a mandate or command . The term is frequently used in contradistinction to directory . See In re Henslev, (Ohio Com. P. I 153 N.E.2d539.
Mandatory Alternative Definition
Containing a command; peremptory. As applied to statutes, a provision is mandatory if proceedings in disregard of it are absolutely void. 1 Duer (N. Y.) 79.
Synonyms of Mandatory
adjective
- 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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Mandatory but not compulsory in Global Commerce Policy
In this regard, mandatory but not compulsory is: a description of the status of retaliatory action under Super 301, used during congressional hearings in 1988 on the United States Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act. The entries on trade policy are here. It made sense to those involved.[1]
Mandatory but not compulsoryin the wold Encyclopedia
For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.
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