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Mandatory vs. Precatory — What's the Difference?

Mandatory vs. Precatory — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Mandatory and Precatory

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Mandatory

Required by law or mandate; compulsory
Wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists

Precatory

Relating to or expressing entreaty or supplication.

Mandatory

Variant spelling of mandatary

Precatory

Expressing a wish.

Mandatory

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

(legal) Expressing a wish but not creating any legal obligation or duty.
Precatory words in a will

Mandatory

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

Precatory

Expressing entreaty or supplication;
Precatory overtures

Mandatory

Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.

Mandatory

A mandatary.

Mandatory

Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.

Mandatory

Of, being or relating to a mandate.
Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory

(disc golf) A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.

Mandatory

A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

Mandatory

Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

Mandatory

Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority.

Mandatory

Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses in the contract.

Mandatory

Same as Mandatary.

Mandatory

The recipient of a mandate

Mandatory

A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves

Mandatory

Required by rule;
In most schools physical education are compulsory
Attendance is mandatory
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