Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which ratifies or sanctions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
ratifies or contributes toratification . - noun One who is in favor of ratification.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
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Examples
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No drafter or ratifier would have included computer coding in a list of useful arts.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010
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Also, a leading ratifier, adopting the Constitution and captain in the continental army during the revolution.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Also, a leading ratifier, adopting the Constitution and captain in the continental army during the revolution.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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No drafter or ratifier would have included computer coding in a list of useful arts.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010
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So, I guess we have key lawgivers like Madison and minor law givers like Supreme Court Cheif Justice and Constitution ratifier John Marshall.
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So, I guess we have key lawgivers like Madison and minor law givers like Supreme Court Cheif Justice and Constitution ratifier John Marshall.
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You could have taken every single member of the Constitutional Convention, every single state rep who voted to ratify, every single drafter and ratifier of the 14th amendment, all of them.
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And why should such broad, self-evidently adaptable phrases be interpreted solely according to what any ratifier thought, particularly when it appears that: (a) at least some chose those phrases precisely to accommodate changes they could not foresee and (b) many rejected the notion, necessarily embraced by originalists, that legal texts like the Constitution ought to be interpreted by reference to extrinsic historical materials?
Nan Aron: Justice Scalia Pulls Out the Old "I'm With Stupid" T-Shirt 2008
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Mr. Jefferson's opinion goes further than the text of the Establishment Clause and he was neither a drafter or a ratifier of the Constitution.
Balkinization 2007
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Les destinées de la Providence nous ayant fait prendre en possession le Grand Duché de Finlande, Nous avons voulu, par l'acte présent, confirmer et ratifier la Religion et les Lois fondamentales du Pays, ainsi que les privilèges et droits, dont chaque classe dans le dit
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