Obligatory; required or commanded by authority. / Of, being or relating to a mandate.

(disc golf) A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it. / (dated, rare) A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

The quality or state of being mandatory.

plural of mandatory

(law) A criminal sentence of a predetermined minimum period of time which a judge is required by statute to impose upon a conviction for a crime.

(historical) A geopolitical entity under British administration, originally consisting of what is now Israel, Judea, Samaria, (the West Bank), and Jordan, which existed from 1920 to 1948. In 1922, the Trans-Jordan Memorandum established the Emirate of Transjordan in the area of Mandatory Palestine east of the Jordan River. In 1946, the Emirate of Transjordan formally became the country of Jordan, officially removing the area from Mandatory Palestine.

(law) The practice of detaining migrants or refugees upon arrival at a destination country.

plural of mandatory sentence

Synonym of mandated reporter

plural of mandatory reporter