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Law which protects rape victims from being questioned about prior sexual conduct when giving testimony. … [Read more...] about RAPE SHIELD LAW

The confirmation of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another; confirmation of a voidable act. An agreement to adopt an act performed by another for us. 2. Ratifications are either empress or implied. The former are made in express and direct terms of assent; the latter are such as the law presumes from the acts of the principal; as, if Peter buy goods for … [Read more...] about RATIFICATION

In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman, or of an heir in ward. Rape. Ravishment de gard. IA Fr. An abolished writ which lay for a guardian by knight's service or in socage, against a person who took from him the body of his ward. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 140 ; 12 Oar. II. c. 3. Ravishment of ward. In English law. The marriage of an infant ward without the consent of the … [Read more...] about RAVISHMENT

In criminal law. Plunder; pillage; robbery. In the civil law, rapina is defined as the forcible and violent taking ot another man's movable property with the criminal intent to appropriate it to the robber's own use. A praetorian action lay for this offense, in which quadruple damages were recoverable. … [Read more...] about RAPINE

The constitution of the United States, art. 2, s. 2, declares that the president shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur. 2. So treaty is therefore of any validity to bind the nation unless it has been ratified by two-thirds of the members present in the senate at the time its … [Read more...] about RATIFICATION OF TREATIES