A question of timing on 3 b:
The wording appears to suggest that a conquered province doesn't enter the King's domain until it is ratified, but ratification can take place after the fact. Thus if a noble conquers a province that wasn't ratified in advance shouldn't he have the option to wait until the ratification process to decide if he will allow it to become a part of the King's domain?
Otherwise we wind up in a position where the King can act to prevent ratification because he knows the noble in question will not submit the province to him, thus forcing the province to be abandoned.
Does that all follow?

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