Agency

The doctrine of 'ratification' in Arizona agency law allows a principal to:

ARevoke an agent's authority after-the-fact
BRetroactively approve an agent's unauthorized act, making it binding as if it had been authorized from the beginning✓ Correct
CValidate a contract signed under duress
DCreate agency without the agent's consent

Explanation

Ratification allows a principal to retroactively approve an agent's unauthorized act. The principal must ratify with full knowledge of the facts and cannot ratify only part of an unauthorized transaction.

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