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ratify
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ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. The president of Holsinger's ratifies the deal when Phillips delivers the order. A person under the legal age who makes a contract, may ratify the contract when he/she reaches majority (usually 18) or may refuse to honor it without obligation.



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And in any case, it is problematic to suggest that a 21st-century judge can meaningfully think her way into the 200-year-old mindset of a ratifier in order to figure out how he would have approached a modern constitutional problem.
Any resulting protocol, once ratified, would be legally binding-much as the Montreal Protocol compels its ratifiers to phase out the use of compounds that harm stratospheric ozone, observes Lars Nordberg, ECE deputy director for the environment.
 
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