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Definition of Ratifies
1. ratify [v] - See also: ratify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratifies
Literary usage of Ratifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"2S The noble ardour of the consul revived the languid spirit of the senate.
By an ratifies the " Quod tamen patres, dum periculosum existimant inermes ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"Nor is it liable in punitive damages for such an assault unless it authorizes or
ratifies the acts of the employé or wrongfully retains him. ..."
3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"Machinations in and out of Congress—Virginia ratifies French Treaties—Spain
declares War—Jefferson takes Possession of Western Country—Anecdote of Colonel ..."
4. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... fears another Civil War — The President's Position weakened by Seward's
Restraining Influence — Tennessee ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment — Henry ..."
5. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... and dies in France—The King ostensibly ratifies the Raid of Ruthven, which is
approved of also by the General Assembly of the Church—Meantime James ..."
6. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"Machinations in and out of Congress—Virginia ratifies French Treaties—Spain
declares War—Jefferson takes Possession of Western ..."
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