Ratification may be inferred by a court:
A) from the principal's acceptance of benefits of an unauthorized contract.
B) from the agent's failure to repudiate an unauthorized contract after becoming aware of it.
C) from the third party's extent of knowledge about the contract.
D) from the principal's failure to give express authority to the agent.

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Ratification is basically a question of the intent of the principal. Often ratification is inferred by a court from the fact that the principal accepted the benefits of an unauthorized contract. It may also be inferred from the principal's failure to repudiate an unauthorized contract after becoming aware of it.

Ratification May Be Inferred by a Court