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Definition of Ratify

Ratify
Ratify Rat"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ratified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ratifying.] [F. ratifier, fr. L. ratus fixed by calculation, firm, valid + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Rate, n., and -fy.] To approve and sanction; to make valid; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination. It is impossible for the divine power to set a seal to a lie by ratifying an imposture with such a miracle. --South.

Meaning of Ratify from wikipedia

- Ratification is a prin****l's legal confirmation of an act of its agent. In international law, ratification is the process by which a state declares its...
- State ratifying conventions are one of the two methods established by Article V of the United States Constitution for ratifying proposed constitutional...
- The Ratification Cases, officially titled as Javellana v. Executive Secretary (G.R. No. L-36142, March 31, 1973; 50 SCRA 30), was a 1973 Supreme Court...
- other entity that ratifies, accedes to, approves, or succeeds to the treaty. In general, multilateral treaties are open to ratification by any state. Some...
- The Virginia Ratifying Convention (also historically referred to as the "Virginia Federal Convention") was a convention of 168 delegates from Virginia...
- number of state ratifications necessary for the Constitution to take effect and prescribes the method through which the states may ratify it. Under the...
- Ratification Day is the name of a number of official or unofficial holidays or other anniversaries which commemorate or mark an important legislative act...
- the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite...
- the state legislatures for ratification, as provided by Article V of the U.S. Constitution. Congress included a ratification deadline of March 22, 1979...
- The Ratification Act of 1929 (Pub. Res. 70–89, 45 Stat. 1253, enacted 20 February 1929, codified at 48 U.S.C. § 1661) was joint resolution of the United...