Confirmator

[Lat.] A confirmer. Confirm'atory, a. That serves to confirm; giving additional strength, force, or stability; a urance or evidence. to some one. forfeiture. Confiscate, v. a. [Lat, confisco, conf is cat us-con, and fisc us , a basket or bag, a money-basket or bag, the state treasury, the public revenue; Fr. confisquer ; It. conf is- care; Sp. conf is car .] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury, or to the government, or state. In the U. States the broad principle has been a umed, "that war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persons, and confiscate the property of the enemy, wherever found. The mitigations of this rigid rule, which the policy of modern times has introduced into practice, will more or le affect the exercise of this right, but cannot impair the right itself." -8 Cranch, 122. Con'fiscate, a . Adjudged to the public treasury, as for- feited goods or estates. "Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice." - Shaks. Con'fiscated, p . a . Same as CONFISCATE, q. v. Confiscating, ppr . Adjudging to the public use. Confiscation, n. [Fr.) Act of confiscating, or con- demning as forfeited. (Civil Law .) The punishment of forfeiture of goods or land to the public purse.