He said, however, that he had already discussed it with the other members of the corporation and expected its formal ratification soon.

Their unwritten, unspoken, only half-acknowledged pre-nuptial agreement had needed no formal ratification.

"Vantagio," said the deputy delegate, "may we borrow your office for the formal ratification and signing of the treaty?"

The formal ratification by all 13 states was completed in early 1781.

It didn't end the war itself-that required formal ratification by their governments, which came in February 1815.

We are, for example, pushing ahead with the creation of an EU diplomatic service, a proposal which, pending formal ratification, has no legal basis.

And I can already picture Austria's formal ratification of Directive 91/308.

The agreement was not a treaty and required no formal ratification.

Part 4 outlines the procedures for formal ratification of the Convention.

"This Memphis verdict for a lot of people amounted to a formal ratification of informal opinions which were shaped the day the man was shot."