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Ratification

The formal approval of an agreement, amendment, or treaty. In contract law, the acceptance of a previously unauthorized act.

Encyclopedia entry: Ratification

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ratification

See: ratify .

[Last reviewed in August of 2023 by the Wex Definitions Team
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