The instruments of «acceptance» or «approval» of a treaty have the same legal effect as ratification and consequently express the consent of a state to be bound by a treaty. (politics.stackexchange.com)
27 In Georgia's Special Needs Scholarship Program, accepting a voucher has the same legal effect as refusing special education services.28 (americanprogress.org)
Clearly, the special recognition procedure does not imply a second conviction, it merely deals with the attribution of the same legal effects to the foreign judgment as to a domestic judgment. (europeanlawblog.eu)