ratified

If his nomination is ratified by the Senate, he will lead a huge agency overseeing everything from food safety to medical research and welfare programmes.

This was ratified by the US Senate, almost unanimously, in 1992.

Proposals are due to be ratified by its policy board on 18 November to limit full PGA Tour membership and tournament field sizes.

North Carolina and Rhode Island couldn’t participate because they hadn’t yet ratified the Constitution.

Retirement benefits for all city workers are usually negotiated with various public employee unions, then ratified by ordinance.