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- As long as the dispute didn't involve Alex personally, it was perfectly legal-in fact, mandatory-for her to try the case.†
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- Afterward: well, that was mandatory-he needed someone to celebrate his win.†
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Definitions:
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(mandatory as in: it is mandatory) required by rule or law
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely and historically, mandatory can refer to a League of Nations country that holds a mandate over a territory.