«It is trite law that when the word «shall» is employed in a statute, the primary meaning that the court will assign to it is that such provision is mandatory and leaves no room for discretionary or arbitrary exercise of power except a congruence reading if the statute intends otherwise. (punchng.com)
The Strasbourg court he says has treated the Convention not only as a safeguard against arbitrary exercise of despotic power, but as a template for most aspects of life including matters which are governed by no compelling moral considerations one way or the other. (slaw.ca)
But here it is necessary to point out that when we speak of the reigning Christ we do not mean the monarchical concept of an arbitrary exercise of power. (religion-online.org)