Mandatory, Obligatory, Compulsory

Mandatory means ‘required by law’, so you break the law if you fail to do whatever it is that is required. Obligatory and compulsory don’t necessarily have any legal force.

Yes it matters Grammaretto as mandatory means it is required by law.

it is already mandatory in Scotland and it appears most are complying ,friends from across the country say they are pleasantly surprised that so many had masks on in shops today .Lets hope Nicola is right and it will become a habit like putting on your seat belt.With the rise in cases again in Carlisle we need to protect ourslves as best we can ,closing the roads may become necessary if we dont want it to become a problem here again.We're doing so well ,more days without a death than with we cant want that to go backwards surely?

The mandatoriness of the Scottish Masquerade, as MrB calls it ?, has begun, grammaretto. Get your nose and mouth covering on! ?

Ha Ha! I understand that Baggs and there has been a frenzy of mask making activity in the G household - it was the use of the M word being used for this purpose and this alone which prompted my query. on this forum

Not wishing to be pedantic, but does the word ‘statutory’ need to be included in this discussion? ?

We always had to do 'mandatory training' when I was working. It's not a new word.

suziewoozie this is pedants' corner.
You absolutely must be pedantic!

How about this?

‘As adjectives the difference between statutory and mandatory is that statutory is of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute while mandatory is obligatory; required or commanded by authority‘

That’s my understanding