directive
I
noun
behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, decree, decretal, demand, dictate, direction, edict, enjoinment, fiat, hest, imperative, instruction, mandate, notification, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, prescription, proclamation, requirement, rescript, ukase, writ
II
index
causative, decretal, direction (order), fiat, guidance, mandate, order (judicial directive), procedural, regulation (rule), requirement, subpoena, writ
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006