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Mandatory Law Punishment Adjective Action Procedure People Rule

word mandatory
definition
adjective
If an action or procedure is mandatory, people have to do it, because it is a rule or a law .
...the mandatory retirement age of 65.
Attendance is mandatory.
If a crime carries a mandatory punishment, that punishment is fixed by law for all cases, in contrast to crimes for which the judge or magistrate has to decide the punishment for each particular case.
...the mandatory life sentence for murder.
...the four-year ban which is mandatory.
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