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Mandatory
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mandatory adj
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: containing or constituting a command
: being obligatory
man·da·to·ri·ly [-tȯr-i-lē]
adv
Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.