Ratihabition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ratihabition \Rat`i*ha*bi"tion\ (-h[.a]*b[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
     ratihabitio; ratus fixed, valid + habere to hold.]
     Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract. [Obs.]
     --Jer. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  RATIHABITION, contracts. Confirmation; approbation of a contract; 
  ratification. Vin. Ab. h.t.; Assent. (q.v.)