¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ratifying
1. ratify [v] - See also: ratify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratifying
Literary usage of Ratifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations by Seymour Dwight Thompson (1895)
"ratifying voidable contracts of insurance after loss. 4940. ... ratifying a
submission to arbitration. 4945. ratifying the employment of a surgeon by a ..."
2. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1851)
"Their act consisted in, " assenting to," or, what is the same thing, " adopting
and ratifying" the constitution. By turning to the seventh article of the ..."
3. Power of Federal Judiciary Over Legislation: Its Origin, the Power to Set by John Hampden Dougherty (1912)
"ratifying conventions were held in all of the original thirteen States except
Rhode Island, which had 1 Farrand, Record of the Convention, ii., 428. ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... ratifying and confirming the sale, should not be set aside, the sale itself
vacated, and the trustee removed. They both appeared to that petition; ..."
5. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"The mutual relations of the two countries were very much the same as at the time
of Jay's treaty, and now, as then, the question of ratifying or rejecting ..."
6. History of the United States of America: Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1908)
"When the New York Convention first assembled at Poughkeepsie, and it seemed as
if no ninth ratifying State would come forward, two- thirds of its members ..."
7. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1903)
"... all things &c: wth power to substitute &c: ratifying irrevocably &c: 26 (5)
1S*9 Before mee appeared Major Nehemiah Bourne Thomas Lake & Michael Powell, ..."
Other Resources:
