[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mandatory \man"datory\, a. l. mandatorius.
   1. containing a command; preceptive; directory.
      1913 webster

   2. obligatory; compulsory; required by authority.
      pjc

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

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mandatory \man"datory\, n.
   same as mandatary.
   1913 webster
see also:
mandatary 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

mandatory
     adj : required by rule; "in most schools physical education are
           compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required
           reading" syn: compulsory, required
     n 1: the recipient of a mandate syn: mandatary
     2: 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 syn: mandate
see also:
compulsory required mandatary mandate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "mandatory":
   absolute, authoritative, binding, canonical, choiceless, commanded,
   commanding, compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, conclusive,
   de rigueur, decisive, decretory, demanded, dictated, didactic,
   entailed, essential, exigent, final, forced, formulary,
   hard and fast, hard-and-fast, imperative, imperious, importunate,
   imposed, indispensable, inevitable, instructive, involuntary,
   irrevocable, mandated, must, necessary, necessitous, needed,
   needful, obligatory, official, peremptory, preceptive, prescribed,
   prescript, prescriptive, regulation, required, requisite, rubric,
   standard, statutory, ultimate, urgent, without appeal,
   without choice

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Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation (FAMM Foundation)
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Familes Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
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http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/29/mandatory.military/index.html, score=85, date indexed=December 31, 2005, 9:52 pm

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Mandatory Auto Insurance Law
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http://www.insurance.wa.gov/factsheets/factsheet_detail.asp?FctShtRcdNum=5, score=57, date indexed=January 23, 2006, 11:45 am

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