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Statutory
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. Statutes are rules made by legislative bodies; they are distinguished from case law or precedent, which is decided by courts, and regulations issued by government agencies.
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Statutory (adjective)
Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.
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Mandatory (adjective)
Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
“Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.”
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Mandatory (adjective)
Of, being or relating to a mandate.
“Mandatory Palestine”
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Mandatory (noun)
A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.
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Statutory (adjective)
required, permitted, or enacted by statute
“statutory controls over prices”
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Statutory (adjective)
having come to be required or expected through being done or made regularly
“the statutory Christmas phone call to his mother”
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Mandatory (adjective)
required by law or mandate; compulsory
“wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists”
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Mandatory (adjective)
of or conveying a command
“he did not want the guidelines to be mandatory”
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Mandatory (noun)
variant spelling of mandatary