directory statute
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 295 U.S. 490 - Escoe v. Zerbst · 1935Most cited · 1,130 citing opinions
Statutes are not directory when to put them in that category would result in serious impairment of the public or the private interests that they were intended to protect
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
One the disobedience of which is not an unlawful act. See 86 Tex. 133, 23 S. W. 1103.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Statute.