Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Legal/LKIF_Core_Ontology)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'Ratification'?

A. When an international treaty is ratified by local parliament in order to include it in the local legal system. The same thing happens when each local parliament ratifies bilateral or multilateral agreements.
B. When an act is completely rewritten in a new way but the topic remains the same.
C. When a local act applies in the local legal system normative supra-ordered such as when a region applies an EU directive or a decree it applies the normative contant in some act
D. When a part of some primary legislative source is delegated to some secondary legislative source (e.g. from act to regulation).

Answer: When an international treaty is ratified by local parliament in order to include it in the local legal system. The same thing happens when each local parliament ratifies bilateral or multilateral agreements.