directed

directed
Guided, regulated, controlled. As used in a statute by which someone is "directed" to perform an act, the word, if standing alone, may well be construed as implying something mandatory, but other words in the context may so control it as to give it the effect of importing discretionary action on the part of the person "directed." Binney v Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. (US) 8 Pet 201, 212, 8 L Ed 917, 921.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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