It is, in my judgment, incumbent upon the United States to conserve the influential initiative it has taken in this measure by ratifying the instrument and by advocating the proposed extension of the time for exchange.
Each entry shall be in square form as nearly as practicable; and no other lands in the Territory of Oklahoma are opened to settlement under this proclamation or the agreements ratifying the same.
By December it seemed certain that the number of ratifying states would fall short of the required three-fourths by just one, unless Congress could prevent it.
The reorganized legislature on February 2 complied with the remaining requirements of the Reorganization Act by ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment.
No one realized more fully than the framers of the constitution that, with the best thought which they could give to it, the constitution might need amending, and therefore they provided ways for proposing and ratifying amendments.
And several states at the time of ratifying suggested the propriety of so amending the constitution as to remove these fears.
Each became a state "in the Union" byratifying the constitution.
The ratification of the conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the states so ratifying the same.
Acts of Parliament ratifying the proceedings of the insurgent Lords.
Benton's object in attacking the treaty on this point was to excite the South to a degree that would make the senators from that section refuse to join in ratifying it; but the attempt was a flat failure.
The treaty with Spain, by which we secured Florida, was then before the Senate, which body had to consider it several times, owing to the dull irresolution and sloth of the Spanish government in ratifying it.
The right way of proceeding in such case is to make sure of the whole by ratifying it, and then instruct the minister to propose a clause to be added to the Instrument to obtain the amendment or alteration wished for.
There can be no such thing as ratifying in part, or with a condition annexed to it and the ratification to be binding.
The two notions ofratifying the covenant and atoning for sin cannot be separated.
One of its first acts was to accept the Ordinance of Freedom for the Northwestern Territory, thus ratifying the prohibition of Slavery in all existing territory.
The preamble to the constitution declares the act: but will it be a truth in ratifying the next constitution, which is to be done perhaps by the State Legislatures, and not conventions chosen for the purpose?
In ratifying the constitution in the State of Pennsylvania, this was the understanding of it.
If, however, the people should think otherwise, they had it in their power to correct the mistake, by ratifying the proposed amendment.
She will, I earnestly hope and confidently believe, give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of international friendship by ratifying the several treaties of arbitration awaiting renewal by the Senate.
Now we must rise to a new test of leadership--ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Ratifying the Panama Canal treaties will demonstrate our good faith to the world, discourage the spread of hostile ideologies in this hemisphere, and directly contribute to the economic well-being and the security of the United States.
The department will present a bill ratifying the loans which were made for this purpose.
In my opinion, delay in ratifying it is not going to be helpful to the cause of peace.
And our Nation must make it clear that the legal rights of women as citizens are guaranteed under the laws of our land by ratifying the equal rights amendment.
This convention has been pending before the Senate for two years; I hope the United States this year will join the other nations of the hemisphere in ratifying a convention which embodies principles that are our tradition.
His fears were justified by a manifesto summoning a mass meeting of the working-classes to assemble at White Conduit House on November 7, for the purpose of ratifying a new and revolutionary bill of rights.
In 1788, he was a member of the convention for ratifying the federal constitution.
Hamilton was chosen a member of the convention which met at Poughkeepsie to consider the question of ratifying it, and he urged the adoption of it in a series of masterly speeches, which powerfully contributed to its final ratification.
Which of the two methods of ratifying was used in the case of the last amendment adopted?
The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same.
He hoped the provision for ratifying would be put on such a footing as to admit of such a partial union, with a door open for the accession of the rest.
Each Convention so ratifying shall give notice thereof to the Congress of the United States, transmitting at the same time a list of the Representatives and Senators chosen.
The new treaty means that as long as it lasts the navies of the ratifying powers can be used for defense only and not for the enforcement of their policies in distant quarters of the globe.
Immediately after the convention had ended its labors, Washington returned to Mount Vernon to resume his agricultural pursuits and to watch with intense interest the slow process of ratifying the constitution by the several States.
The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the States so ratifying the same.
The National Assembly, on ratifying the consular conventions, had showed little disposition to admit the right of the United States to send consular agents to the West Indies.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ratifying" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
