Ratification
noun
The action of giving formal approval or agreement to something.
The treaty is waiting for ratification by the Senate.
Often appears as...
- treaty ratification
- ratification process
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Formal
Academic,Legal
noun
The act of making a contract or agreement official by signing it or voting for it.
The agreement is subject to ratification by the union members.
Often appears as...
- union ratification
- ratification vote
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Formal
Academic,Legal
noun
The action of giving formal approval or agreement to something.
The treaty is waiting for ratification by the Senate.
Often appears as...
- treaty ratification
- ratification process
Usage tips
Formal
Academic,Legal
noun
The act of making a contract or agreement official by signing it or voting for it.
The agreement is subject to ratification by the union members.
Often appears as...
- union ratification
- ratification vote
Usage tips
Formal
Academic,Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Requires Authority
Ratification is done by an authoritative body, like a government or organization.
The board's ratification of the new policy grants it validity.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Step
Ratification typically follows negotiations or drafting and is the last step to make something official.
After months of discussion, the ratification of the treaty marked its completion.
Pro Tip 3/3May Be Delayed
Ratification can be immediate or take time, especially if further approval is needed.
Despite the agreement, ratification was postponed due to political disagreements.
Pro Tip 1/3Requires Authority
Ratification is done by an authoritative body, like a government or organization.
The board's ratification of the new policy grants it validity.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Step
Ratification typically follows negotiations or drafting and is the last step to make something official.
After months of discussion, the ratification of the treaty marked its completion.
Pro Tip 3/3May Be Delayed
Ratification can be immediate or take time, especially if further approval is needed.
Despite the agreement, ratification was postponed due to political disagreements.
Pro Tip 1/3Requires Authority
Ratification is done by an authoritative body, like a government or organization.
The board's ratification of the new policy grants it validity.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Step
Ratification typically follows negotiations or drafting and is the last step to make something official.
After months of discussion, the ratification of the treaty marked its completion.
Pro Tip 3/3May Be Delayed
Ratification can be immediate or take time, especially if further approval is needed.
Despite the agreement, ratification was postponed due to political disagreements.
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PA Finalist PIPE National...
apparently the bell lies in the Liberty Bell Center in addition to those monuments Philadelphia is home to the National Constitution Center this museum is dedicated to the Constitution its ratification and the amendments that succeeded it right now I'm standing on the campus of the University of
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Why is the US...
and that's just the first step. To actually change the Constitution, the amendment must be ratified by three-quarters of all states. To do this, each state can either have its legislature vote on the amendment, or it can hold a separate ratification convention with delegates elected by voters.
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Why wasn’t the Bill of...
taxation power, and how to elect the president, their proposal gradually gained support. But the final text drafted in September still had to be approved by conventions held in the states. So over the next few months, ratification would be debated across the young nation.
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How digital innovation...
And so the protesters demanded, very simply, that the pact be scraped, and the government to institute a more transparent ratification process. And that drew widespread public support. It ended a little more than three weeks later, after the government promised and agreed
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Geographic Bee 2010 - MD...
Annapolis think it's a great city I think I could I think I have a fact that i can stop national geographic lyst gerardus what was the currency of the United States from the end of the revolution to the ratification of the Constitution do you know it if you don't
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How to expose the...
pushing the ratification of the UN Convention there is a subsequent Condor we are Germany it's not ratifying why because it would make it necessary to criminalize the corruption of Deputies in Germany we have a system where you
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Peter Eigen: How to...
In Germany, we are pushing the ratification of the UN convention, which is a subsequent convention. We are, Germany, is not ratifying. Why? Because it would make it necessary to criminalize the corruption of deputies.
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How More Efficient...
legal and then we can cooperate in a sustainable fishing following in the footsteps of successful regional partnerships shared management of shared fish stocks went global with the ratification of the port state
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Can we solve global...
after its unanimous ratification by the US Senate. And this is something that's truly worth celebrating. In fact, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.
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Our fight for disability...
but it doesn't come into force until ratification, and the president -- no president can ratify a treaty without the consent of the Senate. So we feel really strongly
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PA Finalist PIPE National...
apparently the bell lies in the Liberty Bell Center in addition to those monuments Philadelphia is home to the National Constitution Center this museum is dedicated to the Constitution its ratification and the amendments that succeeded it right now I'm standing on the campus of the University of
Video examples
Why is the US...
and that's just the first step. To actually change the Constitution, the amendment must be ratified by three-quarters of all states. To do this, each state can either have its legislature vote on the amendment, or it can hold a separate ratification convention with delegates elected by voters.
Video examples
Why wasn’t the Bill of...
taxation power, and how to elect the president, their proposal gradually gained support. But the final text drafted in September still had to be approved by conventions held in the states. So over the next few months, ratification would be debated across the young nation.
Video examples
How digital innovation...
And so the protesters demanded, very simply, that the pact be scraped, and the government to institute a more transparent ratification process. And that drew widespread public support. It ended a little more than three weeks later, after the government promised and agreed
Video examples
Geographic Bee 2010 - MD...
Annapolis think it's a great city I think I could I think I have a fact that i can stop national geographic lyst gerardus what was the currency of the United States from the end of the revolution to the ratification of the Constitution do you know it if you don't
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How to expose the...
pushing the ratification of the UN Convention there is a subsequent Condor we are Germany it's not ratifying why because it would make it necessary to criminalize the corruption of Deputies in Germany we have a system where you
Video examples
Peter Eigen: How to...
In Germany, we are pushing the ratification of the UN convention, which is a subsequent convention. We are, Germany, is not ratifying. Why? Because it would make it necessary to criminalize the corruption of deputies.
Video examples
How More Efficient...
legal and then we can cooperate in a sustainable fishing following in the footsteps of successful regional partnerships shared management of shared fish stocks went global with the ratification of the port state
Video examples
Can we solve global...
after its unanimous ratification by the US Senate. And this is something that's truly worth celebrating. In fact, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.
Video examples
Our fight for disability...
but it doesn't come into force until ratification, and the president -- no president can ratify a treaty without the consent of the Senate. So we feel really strongly
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Morgan Ortagus
American Public Servant
Take a lesson from President Obama, and don't go around Congress. When given the opportunity to work with lawmakers on the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement, Obama chose to forgo the hard fight of treaty ratification and instead ruled by executive order. And now the United States is party to neither pact.
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Charles A. Beard
American Historian
At no time during the period intervening between the ratification of the Constitution and the inauguration of the new government were the leaders in Federalism certain that the agrarian party, which had opposed the Constitution, might not render the instrument ineffectual by securing possession of Congress.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American Judge
The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification.
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Thomas Day
British Author
But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
While women were finally given the right to vote in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, the Republican Party began to pave the way for women's suffrage decades earlier.
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Bob Latta
American Politician
Let all Americans sit down and read this great document. Since the Constitution's ratification, it has been the framework for our great nation.
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Mike Parson
American Politician
The ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote marked a major turning point for America.
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Douglas Southall Freeman
American Historian
Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.
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Morgan Ortagus
American Public Servant
Take a lesson from President Obama, and don't go around Congress. When given the opportunity to work with lawmakers on the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement, Obama chose to forgo the hard fight of treaty ratification and instead ruled by executive order. And now the United States is party to neither pact.
Quote examples
Charles A. Beard
American Historian
At no time during the period intervening between the ratification of the Constitution and the inauguration of the new government were the leaders in Federalism certain that the agrarian party, which had opposed the Constitution, might not render the instrument ineffectual by securing possession of Congress.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American Judge
The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification.
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Thomas Day
British Author
But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
While women were finally given the right to vote in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, the Republican Party began to pave the way for women's suffrage decades earlier.
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Bob Latta
American Politician
Let all Americans sit down and read this great document. Since the Constitution's ratification, it has been the framework for our great nation.
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Mike Parson
American Politician
The ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote marked a major turning point for America.
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Douglas Southall Freeman
American Historian
Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.
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