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confirmation

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 72 U.S. 326 - Townsend v. Greeley · 1866Most cited · 52 citing opinions

land commission

The confirmation only enures to the benefit of the confirmee so far as the legal title is concerned. It establishes the legal title in him, but it does not determine the equitable relations between him and third parties.

How often courts cite the cases defining “confirmation”

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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “confirmation” — 71 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.

All 2 definitions, chronological · 1866–1871

  1. The confirmation only enures to the benefit of the confirmee so far as the legal title is concerned. It establishes the legal title in him, but it does not determine the equitable relations between him and third parties.

    effect on legal title