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Webster 1913 Edition
Ratification
Ratˊi-fi-ca′tion
(rătˊĭ-fĭ-kā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
ratification
.] The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction;
as, the
. ratification
of a treatyWebster 1828 Edition
Ratification
RATIFICA'TION
, n.1.
The act of ratifying; confirmation.2.
The act of giving sanction and validity to something done by another; as the ratification of a treaty by the senate of the United States.