"Directory" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A provision ln a statute, rule of procedure, or the like, ls sald to be dlrectory when lt is to be consldered as a mere dlrection or lnstructlon of no obliga-tory force, and lnvolvlng no lnvalidatlng con-sequence for lts disregard,, as opposed to an imperative or mandatory provlsion, whlch must be followed. The general rule ls that the prescriptions of a statute relating to the performance of a publlc duty are so far directory that, though neglect of them may be punlshable, yet lt does not afTect the validity of the acts done under them, as in the vase of a statute requlrlng an officer to prepare and dellver a document to another officer on or before a certain day. Maxw. Interp. St 330, et seq. And see Pearse v. Morrice, 2 Adol. & El. 94; Nelms v. Vaughan, 84 Va. 696, 5 8. E. 704; State v. Conner, 86 Tex. 133, 23 S. W. 1103; Payne v. Fresco, 4 Kulp (Pa.) 28; Bladen v. Philadelphia, 60 Pa. 466
A collection or body of directions, rules, or
ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as,
the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
A book containing the names and residences of the
inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a
business directory.
Containing directions; enjoining; instructing;
directorial.
A body of directors; board of management; especially, a
committee which held executive power in France under the first
republic.
Direction; guide.
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
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