directory requirement

directory requirement. A statutory or contractual instruction to act in a way that is advisable, but not absolutely essential — in contrast to a mandatory requirement. • A directory requirement is frequently introduced by the word should or, less frequently, shall (which is more typically a mandatory word). [Cases: Statutes 227. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 362–369.]

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