Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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In maleficio ratihabitio mandato comparatur

In delict (or tort), ratification is equivalent to authorization. Dig. 43.16.1.15.

Omnis ratihabitio retrotrahitur et mandato priori aequiparatur

Every subsequent ratification has a retrospective effect and is equivalent to a prior command.

Ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur

Ratification is equal to a command.

ratihabitio

n. [Latin fr. ratum habere "to hold ratified"] Civil law. Ratification or approval, esp. by a principal of an agent's transaction.