Sir, Rachel Sylvester is absolutely right to say that momentum for a ratification referendum is building ("A second Brexit poll looks ever more likely", Comment, Jan 30).
If the other party had accepted any benefits from you after those obligations were met, then that can be considered a ratification of the agreement and it becomes much more difficult to fight the document in a court of law.
His putting the original Dean & DeLuca in 'Manhattan' was a ratification of that store's mission and the way of life it represented.
It's only natural that "Legends of Blue Note," a concert presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thursday night, would focus chiefly on that era, if only as a ratification of its enduring appeal.
It was a source of local pride, a ratification that you could live west of the Hudson and be in the major leagues.
He said a few details remained to be worked out, adding that there would be a ratification vote within 45 days.
"While the advocate general notes that difficulties may arise from a ratification process involving all of the member states alongside the EU, she considers that that cannot affect the question of who has competence to conclude the agreement," she wrote.
But I am content that the membership is content with this one". Lionel Chetwynd, spokesman for the Union Blues, a guild faction that sought ratification of management's two contract offers, said today that he did not think that last week's vote, had it been tallied, would have been as strong for the contract as Monday's final balloting.
Traditionally, negotiators have sought to forge a legally binding treaty that needed ratification by the governments of the participating countries to have force.
His writings include "Vote No!," a play that suggests the ratification of the Constitution was not quite the proud moment in American history that we are taught to believe.
