advisory

advisory
ad·vi·so·ry /əd-'vī-zə-rē/ adj
1: having or exercising power to advise
an advisory committee
2: containing or giving advice
an advisory verdict

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

advisory
I adjective cautionary, communicatory, consulting, counselling, directing, enlightening, expressive of opinion, guiding, inducive, instructing, recommendatory, suggesting associated concepts: advisory board, advisory opinion, advisory referendum II index hortative, informative, informatory, juridical, precatory

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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