Definition of "ratification" []

• The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified (noun)
• A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc (noun)

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• "While a proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution failed to gain ratification in 1982, American women do vigorously exercise their right to vote."
• "I know of no other country where the procedure for ratification is different from the procedure for enacting a statute that says the samething."
• "Martinned: I know of no other country where the procedure for ratification is different from the procedure for enacting a statute that says the samething."