ratifying
Meaning
of Ratify
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Examples
A state becomes a member of IFAD by ratifying the multilateral treaty known as the Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
An eight-month strike that has devastated communities in northern Vancouver Island has finally come to an end, with the union ratifying a new agreement with Western Forest Products.
Billias, p. 215 Following ratification, Gerry recanted his opposition to the Constitution, noting that a number of state ratifying conventions had called for amendments that he supported.
Billias, p. 212 One consequence of the furor over his letter was that he was not selected as a delegate to the Massachusetts ratifying convention, Billias, p. 211 although he was later invited to attend by the convention's leadership.
A native of the Upstate, Calhoun had been in federal politics most of his adult life — even though he’d opposed ratifying the U.S. Constitution because he felt it violated states’ rights.
The General Assembly adopted a resolution without a vote Monday calling on “all States in all regions of the world that are not yet parties to the Rome Statute to consider ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to it without delay.”