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Definition of Ratified

Ratified
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 Ratified from wikipedia

- Only after the Senate approves the treaty can the President ratify it. Once it is ratified, it becomes binding on all the states under the Supremacy Clause...
- 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...
- South Dakota Legislature ratified the ERA in 1973, but in 1979 p****ed Senate Joint Resolution 2 which required the ERA be ratified in the original time limit...
- record on September 26, 1936, and this was ratified as a world record. On February 28, 1938, the IAAF ratified Jesse Owens' 10.2 from June 20, 1936, meaning...
- has not been ratified by enough states to become part of the Constitution. The article on Congressional compensation was initially ratified by seven states...
- particular state ratified the United States Constitution. Ratification Day (United States) Ratification Day (Connecticut) Ratification Day (M****achusetts)...
- ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently South Sudan on April 30, 2015. In addition, the United States and Palau have signed but not ratified...
- been ratified 14 years earlier. As is true for a state legislature when ratifying a proposed federal constitutional amendment, a state ratifying convention...
- of the body has historically been limited by popes, e****enical councils ratified by the pope, and the college itself. The total number of cardinals from...
- United States has either not signed, not ratified, or signed/ratified but later withdrawn its signature/ratification from. "[The President] shall have Power...