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< mandate

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man·da·to·ry

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) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Required or commanded by authority; obligatory: Attendance at the meeting is mandatory.
Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.

NOUN:
pl. man·da·to·ries

A mandatary.

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