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ratify
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The Constitution of the United States
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- V. The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, 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;†
Chpt 1.ratified = approved
- V. The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, 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;†
Chpt 1.ratification = approval
- The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.†
Chpt 1.
- The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.†
Chpt 1. *ratifying = approving
- 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.†
Chpt 2.ratified = approved
- 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.†
Chpt 2.
- Ratified February 7, 1795.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified June 15, 1804.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified December 6, 1865.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified July 9, 1868.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified February 3, 1870.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified February 3, 1913.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified April 8, 1913.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified January 16, 1919.†
Chpt 3.
- 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.†
Chpt 3.ratification = approval
- 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.†
Chpt 3.ratified = approved
- Ratified August 18, 1920.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified January 23, 1933.†
Chpt 3.
- 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.†
Chpt 3.
- Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.†
Chpt 3.ratification = approval
- 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.†
Chpt 3.ratified = approved
- Ratified December 5, 1933.†
Chpt 3.
- 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.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified February 27, 1951.†
Chpt 3.
- 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.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified March 29, 1961.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified January 23, 1964.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified February 10, 1967.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified July 1, 1971.†
Chpt 3.
- Ratified May 7, 1992.†
Chpt 3.
Definitions:
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(1)
(ratify) to approve -- typically the formal approval of an agreement by an organization
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)