2. Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority.
[PJC]
3. (Law) Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses in the contract. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
mandatory — man·da·to·ry / man də ˌtȯr ē/ adj: containing or constituting a command: being obligatory man·da·to·ri·ly / ˌtȯr i lē/ adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
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 — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Death Metal Gründung 2001 Website http://www.mandatory death.de … Deutsch Wikipedia
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
