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The official yes that turns a handshake into something a court will enforce.
means The formal approval that gives a treaty, contract, or amendment binding legal force.
from From Latin ratus, meaning fixed or calculated, plus facere, to make — literally to make settled, to nail down what was merely proposed.
Constitutional barUS amendments need three-quarters of states to ratify.
Slow yesOne amendment took 202 years to ratify.
Not just lawsMinors can ratify contracts upon turning eighteen.