ratify
IPA: rˈætʌfaɪ
verb
- (transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.
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Examples of "ratify" in Sentences
- The Majlis refuses to ratify the treaty.
- Her expression would ratify the truth of my words.
- The Chinese initially refused to ratify the treaties.
- The supreme commander refused to ratify the capitulation.
- The law also required the Philippine Senate to ratify the law.
- If the only reason not to ratify is to deny Obama a "victory" ...
- The US Senate refused to ratify the Covenant of the League of Nations.
- A plebiscite to ratify the Constitution of Ireland was held on the same day.
- The only other country not to ratify is Somalia, which has no functioning government.
- Refusing to ratify is no longer an option: the only way to unpick this will be by way either of complete renegotiation or of entering into a derogation of the Treaty.
- Fourth, the original understanding of the Constitution by the public and the men who voted to ratify is clear that Constitution was to be secular, promote tolerance, and granted no powers in matters of religion.
- The US doesn’t ratify a treaty but since a court whose jurisdiction the US also does not recognize says that the failure to ratify is irrelevant, all backed up by more cases from, of course, said court, then the international law binds theUS!
- Having thus used the terms ratify and confirm, even in regard to the old Confederation, it would have been strange indeed, if the people of the United States, after its formation, and when they came to establish the present Constitution, had spoken of the States, or the people of the States, as acceding to this constitution.