CONFIRMATION

A contract by which that which was infirm, imperfect, or subject · to be a voided is made firm and unavoidable. A conveyance of an estate or right in e e, 0 whereby a voidable estate is made sure and unavoidable, or whereby a particular _estate is increased. Co. Litt. 295b. Jackson v. Root, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 60; People v. Law, 34 Barb. (N. Y.) 511; De Mares v. Gilpin, 15 Colo. 76, 24 Pac. 568. In English ecclesiastical law, The ratification by the archbishop of the election of a bishop by dean and chapter under the king's letter mi ive prior to the investment and consecration of the bishop by the archbishop. 25 Hen. VIII. c. 20. -Confirmation of ■ale, Tbe confirmation of a judicial sale by the court which ordered it is a signification in some way (usually by the entry of an order) of the court's approval of the terms, price, and conditions of the sale. Johnson v. Cooper, 56 Mi . 618; Hyman v. Smith, 13 W. Va. 765, CONFIRM AVI. "Lat. I have confirmed. The emphatic word in the ancient deeds of confirmation. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14, I 5•. OOlU'IRMEB...The grantee _,in a deed of confirmation. COJO!' [s. 250]