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.