Definition of ratified | Bee Dictionary of English

v approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
All parties ratified the peace treaty
s formally approved and invested with legal authority

At Brussels the Chamber of Deputies ratified the Locarno Pacts by the overwhelming vote of 124 to 4.
After two weeks of weary debate the Senate last week ratified (58 to 9) the London Naval Treaty.
After 17 days of debate and deliberation, Japan's House of Representatives last week ratified the peace treaty which Premier Yoshida signed at San Francisco in September.

Caterpillar will lay off 260 employees in South Milwaukee
The notification comes three days after a new, six-year pact was ratified by the members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1343. As it stands, close to a third of the plant's 800 employees will be placed on "indefinite layoff," according to the company.
June 17, 2013 - Small Business Times
Oak Brook Distict 48 teachers get new six-year deal
OAKBROOK TERRACE — A new six-year teachers’ contract has been ratified in Salt Creek Elementary District 48. The District 48 Board and the Salt Creek School District 48 Education Association both approved the agreement. The lengthy contract allows the district more financial security and to focus its time and resources on operating the school district, rather than negotiating in alternate years ...
June 17, 2013 - The Doings Oak Brook
Happy birthday, 12th Amendment!
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the 12th Amendment (ratified June 15, 1804). Here’s what you need to know: WHAT IT DOES The 12th Amendment combined a party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates onto one ticket. WHY IT WAS ADDED Originally, Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, of the Constitution prescribed that whoever received the... [Continue Reading]
June 15, 2013 - National Constitution Center via Yahoo! News

Vladimir Putin in Washington Post
We have signed and ratified the CFE and are fully implementing it. We have pulled out all our heavy weapons from the European part of Russia to (locations) behind the Ural Mountains and cut our military by 300,000 men,Putin said.
Samuel Alito in Christian Science Monitor
The right to keep and bear arms was considered no less fundamental by those who drafted and ratified the Bill of Rights,Alito said.
Muhyiddin Yassin in AFP
A so-called preferential trade area, "which was supposed to be the blue-chip of our economic cooperation, had only been ratified by two member states...... Malaysia and Iran," said Yassin.