Ratification

The confirmation of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another; confirmation of a voidable act.

See Story, Ag. §§ 250, 251; 2 Kent, Comm. 237; Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U. S. 425, 6 Sup. Ch 1121, 30 In Ed. 178; Gallup v. Fox, 64 Co.nn. 491, 30 Atl. 756; Reid v. Field, 83 Va. 26, 1 S. E. 395; Ballard v. Nye, 138 Cal. 588, 72 Pac. 156; Ansonia v. Cooper, 64 Co.nn. 536, 30 Atl. 760; Smyth v. Lynch, 7 Colo. App. 383, 43 Pac, 670.

This is where a person adopts a contract or other transaction which is not binding on him, because it was entered into by an unauthorized agent or the like, Leake, Cont. 268.