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In the normal course of business, it is expected that the organization must enter into various minor contracts with other entities. These are to be distinguished from "major" contracts, which constitute a long-term committment which significantly binds the organization's freedom of action.
Major contracts between the organizations and other entities must be ratified by the legislature before taking effect, with a vote threshold of 2/3.
If the major contract falls solely within the sphere of external affairs, then it must be ratified by the external affairs component of the legislature. If the major contract also commits the organization on non-external affairs topics, then it must first be ratified by the external affairs component, and then also by the primary component.
Ratification consists of the passage of an act of ratification. Note that, notwithstanding the requirements above about primary versus external affairs components, the Forum alone may pass a measure, and if it is not vetoed by another house, this is sufficient to pass any act of ratification.
