Obligatory

As such it shares with them certain obligatory objectives requiring the Court of Auditors and the other Institutions to "aim to promote its values, advance its objectives, serve its interests, those of its citizens and those of the Member States, and ensure the consistency, effectiveness and continuity of its policies and actions". ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now, whichever of those groups he takes up he must take certain obligatory subjects. ❋ Unknown (1919)

Arabic theology before him -- between those commandments and prohibitions in the Bible which the reason itself approves as right or condemns as wrong -- the rational commandments -- and those which to the reason seem indifferent, and which revelation alone characterizes as obligatory, permitted or forbidden -- the so-called "traditional commandments." ❋ Isaac Husik (1907)

How much less appealing is the notion of obligatory generosity. ❋ Christopher Hitchens (2011)

The minister said about BRL15.8 billion in cuts would come from so-called obligatory spending, which are those items such as salaries and jobs. ❋ Matthew Cowley (2011)

There was a quick clip of Obama's speech and then the famous moneygall shot of Obama drinking his pint, which Williams described as the obligatory pint of Guinness in the Dublin brewery. ❋ John Lee (2011)

While a federal judge struck down important parts of Arizona's draconian immigration law today, namely the obligatory police check of immigration status, the battle over Arizona's immigration crisis has hardly come to a screeching halt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some philosophers (like Nahmanides) follow the former reading, arguing that moral acts of piety or charity are obligatory, that is to say duties that apply to everybody. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or, in the alternative, the distinction can be made within the divine will: one might characterize as obligatory those actions that God wills that one perform, and as supererogatory those actions that God wills that one perform if one is willing to do so, so that if one performs the action, one is doing what God wills, but if one does not, one is not doing what God wills that one not do. ❋ Murphy, Mark (2008)

"It is essential to draw a clear distinction between obedience to an order or rule and recognition that the rule or order is obligatory, that is, that the order ought to be obeyed .... but obedience to an order merely because of the fear of sanctions is nothing more than reaction to naked force and we will seek to avoid obedience wherever possible." ❋ Unknown (1968)

Many Communes refused to undertake the operation on any conditions and in consequence of this not a few proprietors demanded the so-called obligatory redemption, according to which they accepted the four-fifths from the Government as full payment, and the operation was thus effected without the peasants being consulted. ❋ Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1880)

In operations of this kind, delicacy of handling equal to anything required in watch repairing will be obligatory, that is if restoration of a high class is intended. ❋ Horace Petherick (1879)

In giving his word that he would come without fail, and not write the next day to throw them over for some function he should choose to dub obligatory, he felt quite as if he were putting his name to such a document. ❋ Henry James (1879)

Maisie Harding recalled the obligatory studying of three hours each night during the week. ❋ Christopher Vaughan (2010)

Non-life insurers are obliged to place 10 percent of their total reinsurance business with GIC, called obligatory cession. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Cisco Fatty" as a jump-off point to call the obligatory three pundits - a strategist, consultant and a professor - to gauge their feelings about whether or not it's a good idea to Tweet that you just got offered a job that you intend to hate

In Islam there is a difference between voluntary charity and what I would call obligatory charity (as opposed to "forced"). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Your [attendance] at [school] is obligatory. ❋ Steve Beger (2004)

[TimTheTatman]: "The [Dallas Cowboys] will win the Super Bowl this season!" [Average Twitter User]: "*Obligatory "HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON, OLD MAN!?" comment*" ❋ ChasingLions (2022)

Yesterday i was [obligatory surfing] in the [waters] of [the tsunami]. ❋ Walt46 (2011)

[Ivar] wanted to let his friends know that he was drinking and beeing all cool, but lowkey. So he uploaded a picture of a vodka bottle and a package of [digestive cookies], and said that the digestive cookies were [obligatory], therefore [Obligatory] Digestive. ❋ JokerSnoker (2017)

Hey man, did you see [John's] [status] the other day about his ex? What a pussy. Yeah. I [felt] bad though, so I gave it an obligatory like. ❋ Jhonda555 (2012)

person 1: [dude check] out this video, its a child doing a backflip while [making pancakes] on the back of an elephant. person 2: wow thats incredible. *obligatory downvote* person 1: i cant believe there is actually nobody that dislikes this [newsfeed]. well, its about a migrated disabled kid that survived cancer and the war. person 2: *obligatory downvote* ❋ Sbstr (2011)

The new [Internet Explorer] [advert] contains "[obligatory dubstep]" ❋ Bogus Gordon (2014)

After [Fritz] went down for the [obligatory lick], he nailed Anna [hard in] the vagina. ❋ Miss Jenna And Lucy Blue (2016)

[Ivar] was very taggad to get f1 wasted on New Years, and he wanted to let his friend know that he was drinking, but he realised it'd be wierd just to tell them. So he uploaded a picture of some [Digestive cookies], with the alcohol clearly [visable] behind the cookies, to his Snapchat story. Example: Obligatory Digestive, a picture of a Digestive cookie roll in front of a bunch of alcohol. ❋ Jakersnaker (2017)

[Ivar] was very taggad to get f1 wasted on New Years, and he wanted to let his friend know that he was drinking, but he realised it'd be wierd just to tell them. So he uploaded a picture of some [Digestive cookies], with the alcohol clearly [visable] behind the cookies, to his Snapchat story. Example: Obligatory Digestive, a picture of a Digestive cookie roll in front of a bunch of alcohol. ❋ Jakersnaker (2017)