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  • Fritz looked gratefully towards me as I spoke; and his mother ratified my words, embracing him affectionately, and saying, with emotion, 'God bless and preserve thee, my boy!'   (source)
    ratified = approved
  • I overheard no further distinguishable talk, but, on looking round again, I perceived two such radiant countenances bent over the page of the accepted book, that I did not doubt the treaty had been ratified on both sides; and the enemies were, thenceforth, sworn allies.   (source)
    ratified = formally approved (accepted)
  • Dad began a lecture, pausing often so Mother could ratify his remarks.†   (source)
  • The decision was made by Comrade Evans and ratified by the committee unanimously.†   (source)
  • What occurs under the public gaze with so much pomp and ceremony is often the conclusion, or mere ratification, of what has taken place over weeks or months within the walls of such houses.†   (source)
  • The proposal was ratified, and in preparation for the Day of Protest, we closed ranks with the SAIC, the APO, and the Communist Party.†   (source)
  • The diploma that certified her as a concert clavichordist was ratified by the virtuosity with which she executed popular melodies of the seventeenth century at the gathering organized to celebrate the completion of her studies and with which the period of mourning came to in end.†   (source)
  • This was ratified by the United States in the Salvage Act of 1912, 37 Stat.†   (source)
  • PCI #1, is hereby ratified.†   (source)
  • It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, and so far 185 countries have become a party to it; the United States continues to refuse to ratify it, because of Republicans' concerns that CEDAW could nibble away at American sovereignty by surrendering authority to an international convention.†   (source)
  • The treaty, signed in July 1785, had been ratified only that May of 1786, so late that unless it were signed within a matter of weeks, it would expire.†   (source)
  • Then, with a terrible sound, sufficient alone to ratify the passing of his life, the hooves came down upon his head and struck him like a crumbled icon to the ground.†   (source)
  • In 2005 a new constitution was ratified.†   (source)
  • As President Carter's deputy secretary of state, he helped normalize relations with China, win ratification of the Panama Canal treaties, and gain release of the American hostages in Iran.†   (source)
  • With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in December, the long period of agitation for the abolition of slavery came to an end.†   (source)
  • I accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College.†   (source)
  • I don't pretend that I am undecided about ratifying the Constitution.†   (source)
  • Those busy laddies split up and did it—studied forms of government in Carnegie Library, held subcommittee meetings, three or four people at a time (few enough to worry Prof had he known)—and when Congress met early in September to ratify some appointments and elect more congressmen-at-large, instead of adjourning, Comrade Baum had gavel and they recessed—and met again and turned selves into committee-of-the-whole and passed a resolution and next thing we knew entire Congress was a…†   (source)
  • ONCE IT HAD been formally established and its existence ratified by the wolves themselves, my little enclave in their territory remained inviolate.†   (source)
  • Ratified in 1956, reaffirmed in 1965.†   (source)
  • So much that, by 1795, it is even suggested that Tristero has staged the entire French Revolution, just for an excuse to issue the Proclamation of 9th Frimaire, An III, ratifying the end of the Thurn and Taxis postal monopoly in France and the Lowlands.†   (source)
  • Specifically, his diagnosis was that her trauma, located as it was in the pelvic region, had induced a minor but not to be ignored displacement of the sacral vertebra, with consequent pressure on either the fifth lumbar or the first sacral nerve, perhaps both of these; in any case, it was certainly enough to provoke the loss of appetite, the fatigue and the aches in her bones she had complained of, while the bleeding itself triumphantly ratified the other symptoms.†   (source)
  • Although illness in the family had prevented him from arriving in time to vote on ratification of President Jefferson's treaty for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, he promptly aroused a storm of controversy by becoming the only Federalist to support that precedent-shattering acquisition actively on the floor and to vote for an $11 million appropriation to effectuate it.†   (source)
  • That is because they are in the ratified version.   (source)
    ratified = approved
  • "And for full ratification, you understand, you must stand on the soil in England, but in these unusual circumstances," Mr. Black went on, "and uncertain times, and so on and so forth, we thought it might save any argument—if we were delayed, for example—if the crown was firmly on your head."   (source)
    ratification = approval
  • "They've flatly refused to ratify the amendment," said Grandpa Merriwether and there was pride in his voice.   (source)
    ratify = approve
  • There had been a Thirteenth Amendment ratified sometime before or maybe it had been the Sixteenth Amendment but what ratification meant she had no idea.   (source)
    ratification = approval
  • There had been a Thirteenth Amendment ratified sometime before or maybe it had been the Sixteenth Amendment but what ratification meant she had no idea.   (source)
    ratified = approved
  • Matters being thus amicably and satisfactorily arranged, the contract was solemnly ratified in another teacupful of the peppermint mixture; which was rendered the more necessary, by the flutter and agitation of the lady's spirits.   (source)
    ratified = approved (accepted)
  • If, however, the Emperor of Russia ratifies that convention, I will ratify it; but it is only a trick.   (source)
    ratify = approve
  • Had you followed Captain Ahab down into his cabin after the squall that took place on the night succeeding that wild ratification of his purpose with his crew, you would have seen him go to a locker in the transom, and bringing out a large wrinkled roll of yellowish sea charts, spread them before him on his screwed-down table.   (source)
    ratification = approval
  • However, if all the States ratify the Constitution, nine States can change it at any time.†   (source)
  • And the States must unanimously ratify the Constitution.†   (source)
  • We hope that all States ratify the Constitution.†   (source)
  • The Senate can only ratify or reject the choice of the President.†   (source)
  • Instead, the people of each State will vote to ratify the Constitution.†   (source)
  • As they vote to ratify the Constitution, each State is a sovereign body.†   (source)
  • Number 85: In Conclusion, Ratify Now, Amend Later†   (source)
  • Two thirds may propose the measure, but three fourths must ratify.†   (source)
  • Nine States need to ratify the Constitution, instead of all the States.†   (source)
  • He must remember that his vote to ratify the Constitution will effect more than just his community.†   (source)
  • If the Constitution is ratified, we will need an effective guard against the misuse of power.†   (source)
  • However, this is not how the Constitution will be ratified.†   (source)
  • The only change was the ratification process, which is rarely mentioned by the objectors.†   (source)
  • And it must be ratified again in each State.†   (source)
  • The bills will only become law if two-thirds of each house of the legislature ratifies them.†   (source)
  • People who zealously want amendments must agree that the Constitution must be ratified first.†   (source)
  • The senate and people ratified the change.†   (source)
  • The PEOPLE never ratified the Articles of Confederation.†   (source)
  • Some people object because ratified treaties will have the force of laws.†   (source)
  • With what success, your ratification vote must determine.†   (source)
  • The Constitution's foundation refers to the ratification process.†   (source)
  • If the Constitution is altered before it is ratified, it immediately becomes a new constitution.†   (source)
  • This will be much easier than doing it before the ratification process is finished.†   (source)
  • Opponents argue that it may be impossible to amend the Constitution after it is ratified.†   (source)
  • The Constitution can be amended after it is ratified.†   (source)
  • Seven out of the thirteen States have ratified the Constitution.†   (source)
  • In many of the States, only the legislature ratified the Articles.†   (source)
  • Not until June 1788, the week the Adamses were unpacking at Braintree, had the Constitution been finally secured, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify.†   (source)
  • He was confirmed as chief of Mvezo by the king of the Thembu tribe, but under British rule, his selection had to be ratified by the government, which in Mvezo took the form of the local magistrate.†   (source)
  • Finally, on June 24, by exactly the required two-thirds margin, the Senate consented to ratification.†   (source)
  • Although the official campaign for the national assembly was not scheduled to begin until February 1994, we started to campaign in earnest after the new constitution was ratified.†   (source)
  • Adams was needed at The Hague to exchange ratification of the treaty with Prussia, the one European trade agreement that he and Jefferson, for all their efforts, had succeeded in accomplishing.†   (source)
  • Article Five says that three fourths of the States are needed to ratify amendments with two exceptions only.†   (source)
  • What relationship will exist between the nine or more States ratifying the Constitution and the remaining few who do not ratify it?†   (source)
  • Although the enemy was within our country, one State refused to ratify the Articles for several years.†   (source)
  • The legislature of the State and the people who live in the ceded part will agree to the cession and ratify the Constitution.†   (source)
  • If it was totally national, a majority of the people of the Union could vote to ratify the Constitution.†   (source)
  • If all thirteen States had to ratify the Constitution, the essential interests of the entire Union would be exposed to the caprice or corruption of a single State.†   (source)
  • People Didn't Ratify Articles†   (source)
  • Senate Must Ratify Treaties†   (source)
  • And let him remember that a majority of America has already ratified the plan that he is to approve or reject.†   (source)
  • Objection: Senate Ratifies Treaties†   (source)
  • And the enemies of the Constitution would have many pretexts for raising prejudices against it that might endanger its ratification.†   (source)
  • Though appointed from year to year and recallable at pleasure, before the Articles were ratified, they usually served for three years or more.†   (source)
  • Some people have said that his treaties with foreign powers are subject to the revision and ratification of Parliament.†   (source)
  • What relationship will exist between the nine or more States ratifying the Constitution and the remaining few who do not ratify it?†   (source)
  • Foundation: Ratification: Federal Form†   (source)
  • The chances are as thirteen to nine' in favor of an amendment after ratification over adoption of an entire governmental system.†   (source)
  • If the Constitution is ratified, my feelings about a militia would be as follows: Citizen-Soldiers: Productivity Lost†   (source)
  • Two-Thirds Ratification, Minority Rule†   (source)
  • During the ratification of the Articles of Confederation, many objections were made and amendments were suggested.†   (source)
  • If ratification required that a majority of the people of the entire nation accept the Constitution, then ratification would be a national act.†   (source)
  • The ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the States so ratifying the same.†   (source)
  • The ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the States so ratifying the same.†   (source)
  • If the current, proposed Constitution was ratified and used, not until a BETTER but until this new group of lawgivers agrees on ANOTHER, wouldn't it have a good chance of becoming immortal?†   (source)
  • Now some people are questioning whether it is valid, which has led to the outrageous doctrine of legislative repeal—since it was ratified by the State, the State can repeal it.†   (source)
  • Ratification by Nine States†   (source)
  • And finally, even if they violated both their powers and their duty in proposing a Constitution, it should be ratified, if it seems to meet the goals and promote the happiness of the people of America.†   (source)
  • Ratification Before Amending†   (source)
  • Ratification Process Changed†   (source)
  • Amend After Ratification†   (source)
  • By the fifth article of the Constitution, the Congress will be obliged "on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the States (currently, nine), to call a convention for proposing amendments, which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the States, or by conventions in three fourths thereof."†   (source)
  • The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, reflected a far different attitude toward the "masses" of voters than the distrust with which they were regarded in 1787 by the creators of the Constitution—but it also reflected a general decline inthe respect for state legislatures, which had too often permitted powerful lobbyists and political machines to usurp their sacred right of selecting Senators.†   (source)
  • It was ratified by a vote of 50,261 to 21,297.†   (source)
  • Eugene looked in and saw them there, assembled as they had been many years before, like the nightmare ratification of a prophecy: McGuire, Coker, the weary counter-man, and, at the lower end, the press-man, Harry Tugman.†   (source)
  • Should the amendment be ratified by the states, it would nourish bondage for an epoch by fixing slavery fast in the constitutional structure of the nation.†   (source)
  • Although it was no part of his constitutional function, Lincoln did what he could to speed this amendment toward ratification by announcing that he considered it only an explicit statement of what was already implicit in the Con-stitution—"I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable."†   (source)
  • The sanctity of private correspondence has never been ratified by the East.†   (source)
  • Another was made for me there, and ratified eternally in the church at Melchester.†   (source)
  • Yet she has promised—implied—that she will ratify an engagement to-night.†   (source)
  • My aunt said this in a sprightly way, and gave me a kiss to ratify the blessing.†   (source)
  • In the daylight, indeed, she felt her terrors about his soul to have been somewhat exaggerated; whether well founded or not, she had no uneasiness now, reasoning that if Providence would not ratify such an act of approximation she, for one, did not value the kind of heaven lost by the irregularity—either for herself or for her child.†   (source)
  • Then his poor muddled head nodded a while and presently drooped to his shoulder; and the business of the empire came to a standstill for want of that august factor, the ratifying power.†   (source)
  • Looking up, it appeared that each letter of their names stood for one of the hours; subconsciously one was grateful to Rigby and Lowndes for giving one time ratified by Greenwich; and this gratitude (so Hugh Whitbread ruminated, dallying there in front of the shop window), naturally took the form later of buying off Rigby and Lowndes socks or shoes.†   (source)
  • Already, before these words are written, her Convention has undoubtedly ratified the acceptance, by her Congress, of our proffered invitation into the Union; and made the requisite changes in her already republican form of constitution to adapt it to its future federal relations.†   (source)
  • Peggotty was not slow to respond, and ratify the treaty of friendship by giving me one of her best hugs.†   (source)
  • The testament was necessarily referred to Augustus, the emperor, who ratified all its provisions with one exception: he withheld from Archelaus the title of king until he proved his capacity and loyalty; in lieu thereof, he created him ethnarch, and as such permitted him to govern nine years, when, for misconduct and inability to stay the turbulent elements that grew and strengthened around him, he was sent into Gaul as an exile.†   (source)
  • Amendments must be proposed by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States.†   (source)
  • The citizens of the United States are themselves so convinced that it is not for them that books are published, that before they can make up their minds upon the merit of one of their authors, they generally wait till his fame has been ratified in England, just as in pictures the author of an original is held to be entitled to judge of the merit of a copy.†   (source)
  • This news amazed the lama, who did not then know how religiously Kim kept to the contract made with Mahbub Ali, and perforce ratified by Colonel Creighton….†   (source)
  • Waxy came down to ratify the deeds—Lord Southdown gave away his sister—she was married by a Bishop, and not by the Rev. Bartholomew Irons—to the disappointment of the irregular prelate.†   (source)
  • Article VII The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.†   (source)
  • Fifteen amendments of the Constitution have been made at different times since 1789, the most important of which are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth, framed and ratified after the Civil War.†   (source)
  • Article VII The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.†   (source)
  • The decision created general alarm among the States, and an amendment was proposed and ratified by which the power was entirely taken away, so far as it regards suits brought against a State.†   (source)
  • The result was the ratification, in December, 1865, of the celebrated 13th article or amendment of the Constitution, which declared that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude—except as a punishment for crime—shall exist within the United States."†   (source)
  • ] Bill Of Rights In addition to, and amendment of, the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the Fifth Article of the original Constitution Article I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government…†   (source)
  • It also acts as the great executive council of the nation; the treaties which are concluded by the President must be ratified by the Senate, and the appointments he may make must be definitely approved by the same body.†   (source)
  • …in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and…†   (source)
  • …or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the…†   (source)
  • The inhabitants of our Western country have lately had a useful lesson on this head; they have seen, in the negotiation by the Executive, and in the unanimous ratification by the Senate, of the treaty with Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at that event, throughout the United States, a decisive proof how unfounded were the suspicions propagated among them of a policy in the General Government and in the Atlantic States unfriendly to their interests in regard to the Mississippi;…†   (source)
  • The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.†   (source)
  • Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.†   (source)
  • The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.†   (source)
  • Ratified February 3, 1870.†   (source)
  • ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.†   (source)
  • This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.†   (source)
  • Ratified February 3, 1913.†   (source)
  • Ratified February 27, 1951.†   (source)
  • Ratified February 7, 1795.†   (source)
  • This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.†   (source)
  • Ratified January 23, 1933.†   (source)
  • Ratified December 5, 1933.†   (source)
  • Ratified January 16, 1919.†   (source)
  • Ratified February 10, 1967.†   (source)
  • This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.†   (source)
  • Ratified January 23, 1964.†   (source)
  • Ratified December 6, 1865.†   (source)
  • This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.†   (source)
  • Ratified August 18, 1920.†   (source)
  • Ratified June 15, 1804.†   (source)
  • …in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and…†   (source)
  • …or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the…†   (source)
  • Ratified April 8, 1913.†   (source)
  • After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.†   (source)
  • Ratified July 1, 1971.†   (source)
  • RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.†   (source)
  • Ratified July 9, 1868.†   (source)
  • The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.†   (source)
  • Ratified March 29, 1961.†   (source)
  • Ratified May 7, 1992.†   (source)
  • Like one of two contending in a prize,
    That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes,
    Hearing applause and universal shout,
    Giddy in spirit, still gazing in a doubt
    Whether those peals of praise be his or no;
    So, thrice-fair lady, stand I, even so,
    As doubtful whether what I see be true,
    Until confirm'd, sign'd, ratified by you.   (source)
    ratified = approved
  • ... thither Macduff
    Is gone to pray the holy king, upon his aid
    To wake Northumberland, and warlike Siward:
    That, by the help of these,—with Him above
    To ratify the work,—we may again
    Give to our tables meat, sleep to our nights;
    Free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives;
    Do faithful homage, and receive free honours,
    All which we pine for now: ...   (source)
    ratify = approve
  • The Louisiana Purchase was ratified in 1803, and Louisiana became a state in 1812.†   (source)
  • What counterproposals were alternately advanced, accepted, modified, declined, restated in other terms, reaccepted, ratified, reconfirmed?†   (source)
  • The surviving doubts, indeed, were strong enough to delay the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, providing for more direct elections of President and Vice-President, until the end of 1804, and even then three of the five New England states rejected it,[4] and have never ratified it, in fact, to this day.†   (source)
  • The surviving doubts, indeed, were strong enough to delay the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, providing for more direct elections of President and Vice-President, until the end of 1804, and even then three of the five New England states rejected it,[4] and have never ratified it, in fact, to this day.†   (source)
  • Have you consider'd the organic compact of the first day of the first year of Independence, sign'd by the Commissioners, ratified by the States, and read by Washington at the head of the army?†   (source)
  • …my life, My long and crowded life of active work, not adoration merely; Thou knowest the prayers and vigils of my youth, Thou knowest my manhood's solemn and visionary meditations, Thou knowest how before I commenced I devoted all to come to Thee, Thou knowest I have in age ratified all those vows and strictly kept them, Thou knowest I have not once lost nor faith nor ecstasy in Thee, In shackles, prison'd, in disgrace, repining not, Accepting all from Thee, as duly come from Thee.†   (source)
  • Here are only numbers ratified; but, for the elegancy, facility, and golden cadence of poesy, caret.†   (source)
  • Then to the Latian king he sends, to cease The rage of arms, and ratify the peace.†   (source)
  • To provide for amendments to be ratified by three fourths of the States under two exceptions only.†   (source)
  • And you, my lords of Tyre, your vows address To Heav'n with mine, to ratify the peace."†   (source)
  • This cunning Cardinal The articles o' the combination drew As himself pleas'd; and they were ratified As he cried "Thus let be," to as much end As give a crutch to the dead.†   (source)
  • If I have too austerely punish'd you, Your compensation makes amends: for Have given you here a third of mine own life, Or that for which I live; who once again I tender to thy hand: all thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test: here, afore Heaven, I ratify this my rich gift.†   (source)
  • And this Presumption of a future Ratification, is sometimes necessary to the safety [of] a Common-wealth; as in a sudden Rebellion, any man that can suppresse it by his own Power in the Countrey where it begins, may lawfully doe it, and provide to have it Ratified, or Pardoned, whilest it is in doing, or after it is done.†   (source)
  • It has not a little contributed to the infirmities of the existing federal system, that it never had a ratification by the PEOPLE.†   (source)
  • We ought not, therefore, to condemn the maid of the inn for her hyperbole, who, when she descended, after having lighted the fire, declared, and ratified it with an oath, that if ever there was an angel upon earth, she was now above-stairs.†   (source)
  • when Phinehas killed Zimri and Cosbi, it was not by right of Private Zeale: Their Crime was committed in the sight of the Assembly; there needed no Witnesse; the Law was known, and he the heir apparent to the Soveraignty; and which is the principall point, the Lawfulnesse of his Act depended wholly upon a subsequent Ratification by Moses, whereof he had no cause to doubt.†   (source)
  • If you ratify these preliminaries, brother, I yet will endeavour to preserve the honour of your family; if not, I shall continue in a neutral state.†   (source)
  • 2 It may rather be said TEN, for though two thirds may set on foot the measure, three fourths must ratify.†   (source)
  • And this Presumption of a future Ratification, is sometimes necessary to the safety [of] a Common-wealth; as in a sudden Rebellion, any man that can suppresse it by his own Power in the Countrey where it begins, may lawfully doe it, and provide to have it Ratified, or Pardoned, whilest it is in doing, or after it is done.†   (source)
  • "No, brother," answered the lady, "I insist on the formality of its being delivered me, with a full ratification of all the concessions stipulated."†   (source)
  • They may defeat one choice of the Executive, and oblige him to make another; but they cannot themselves CHOOSE, they can only ratify or reject the choice of the President.†   (source)
  • Owing its ratification to the law of a State, it has been contended that the same authority might repeal the law by which it was ratified.†   (source)
  • Owing its ratification to the law of a State, it has been contended that the same authority might repeal the law by which it was ratified.†   (source)
  • What relation is to subsist between the nine or more States ratifying the Constitution, and the remaining few who do not become parties to it?†   (source)
  • It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people themselves.†   (source)
  • To have required the unanimous ratification of the thirteen States, would have subjected the essential interests of the whole to the caprice or corruption of a single member.†   (source)
  • If, on the contrary, the Constitution proposed should once be ratified by all the States as it stands, alterations in it may at any time be effected by nine States.†   (source)
  • The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States, ratifying the same.†   (source)
  • It has been heretofore noted among the defects of the Confederation, that in many of the States it had received no higher sanction than a mere legislative ratification.†   (source)
  • The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States, ratifying the same.†   (source)
  • Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act.†   (source)
  • It is observable that among the numerous objections and amendments suggested by the several States, when these articles were submitted for their ratification, not one is found which alludes to the great and radical error which on actual trial has discovered itself.†   (source)
  • On the abolition of royalty the consular administration was substituted by Brutus, who stepped forward with a project for such a reform, which, he alleged, had been prepared by Tullius Hostilius, and to which his address obtained the assent and ratification of the senate and people.†   (source)
  • It has been insinuated, that his authority in this respect is not conclusive, and that his conventions with foreign powers are subject to the revision, and stand in need of the ratification, of Parliament.†   (source)
  • The Congress which conducted us through the Revolution was a less numerous body than their successors will be; they were not chosen by, nor responsible to, their fellowcitizens at large; though appointed from year to year, and recallable at pleasure, they were generally continued for three years, and prior to the ratification of the federal articles, for a still longer term.†   (source)
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