Statutory vs. Mandatory

Statutoryadjective

Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.

Mandatoryadjective

Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

‘Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.’;

Statutoryadjective

Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.

Mandatoryadjective

Of, being or relating to a mandate.

‘Mandatory Palestine’;

Statutoryadjective

relating to or created by statutes;

‘statutory matters’; ‘statutory law’;

Mandatorynoun

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

Statutoryadjective

prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute;

‘statutory restrictions’; ‘a statutory age limit’; ‘statutory crimes’; ‘statutory rape’;

Mandatoryadjective

Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

Statutoryadjective

required, permitted, or enacted by statute

‘statutory controls over prices’;

Mandatoryadjective

Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority.

Statutoryadjective

having come to be required or expected through being done or made regularly

‘the statutory Christmas phone call to his mother’;

Mandatoryadjective

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

Mandatorynoun

Same as Mandatary.

Mandatorynoun

the recipient of a mandate

Mandatorynoun

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

Mandatoryadjective

required by rule;

‘in most schools physical education are compulsory’; ‘attendance is mandatory’; ‘required reading’;

Mandatoryadjective

required by law or mandate; compulsory

‘wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists’;

Mandatoryadjective

of or conveying a command

‘he did not want the guidelines to be mandatory’;

Mandatorynoun

variant spelling of mandatary