especially : to adopt or affirm (as the prior act or contract of an agent) by express or implied consent with the effect of original authorization unable to rescind the contract because he ratified it by accepting the benefits compare reform ratification ˌra-tə-fə-ˈkā-shə...
especially : to adopt or affirm (as the prior act or contract of an agent) by express or implied consent with the effect of original authorization unable to rescind the contract because he ratified it by accepting the benefits compare reform ratification ˌra-tə-fə-ˈkā-shə...
While the doctrine of color of title is deeply rooted in our common law tradition, the early American lawyers and judges were very aware that it had no place in a free society. Its origins lie in the feudal system that effectively rendered all land in the hands of a supreme monarch – c...
noun The act of certifying or informing; notification of a fact. noun A making sure or certain; certain information; means of knowing. noun An explicit or formal notice; specifically, in law, a certificate attesting the truth of some statement or event; the return to a writ. noun The writ...
This approach does not entirely reject Justice Scalia's announced method of giving an original meaning to the amendment as understood by the public in 1791. This article, however, includes an analysis of post-ratification meaning in order to contrast nineteenth-century sources with the more proper...
Rom. law: A transaction in a criminal suit, in which one of several accusers of one and the same person was chosen as the chief prosecutor in the case, the others joining in it only as subscribers. noun The speech or oration asking authority to fill such a rôle. from the GNU ...
First recorded in1535–45;fromLatinaffirmātiōn-,stem ofaffirmātiō,equivalent toaffirmāt(us)(past participle ofaffirmāreaffirm) +-iō-ion Discover More Example Sentences Examples have not been reviewed. When I tell her it’s coming up, she nods in affirmation and says, “Well done.” ...
noun In civil law, the lodging of an alleged will with the officer charged with the duty of registering wills, as a step toward procuring its probate, and establishing it as a part of the records. noun In rhetoric, a kind of exordium, in which the favor of the judge or hearers is ...
consider itself bound by the unilateral interpretation proposed by Romania, that does not preclude the unilateral interpretation from having an effectasameansofprooforapiece ofinformation that might corroborate the Court’s interpretation “in accordance with Article31of theVienna Convent...
stop there, however, because the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" left the matter of impeachable offenses open to interpretation. The definition of "high crimes and misdemeanors" has plagued members of Congress, lawyers, and legal scholars alike since the ratification of the Constitution in ...