mandatory
mandatory Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Required by law, official rule, or formal command; compulsory.
"Attendance at the orientation session is mandatory for all incoming students."
Of, relating to, or conveying an official command or legal mandate.
"The judge issued a mandatory injunction compelling the company to restore the wetlands."
• noun
A person, state, or legal agent to whom a formal mandate is given, especially a nation granted authority by the League of Nations to administer a territory.
"Following the treaty, Britain served as the mandatory for the newly established territory."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Late Latin mandatorius ('of or belonging to a mandator'), from Latin mandare ('to order, command, or entrust'), literally meaning 'to put into someone's hand' (from manus, 'hand', and dare, 'to give').