Confirmatio diminuens
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A diminishing confirmation. A confirmation which tends and serves to diminish and abridge the services whereby a tenant doth hold, operating as a release df part of the services. Shep. Touch. 311.
Defined under Confirmatio in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A diminishing confirmation, A confirmation which tends and serves to diminish and abridge the services whereby a tenant doth hold, operating as a release of part of the ) services. Shep. Touch. 511, Confirmatio ost nulla ubi donum precedens est invalidum. Moore, 764; Co. Litt. 295. Confirmation is void where the preceding gift ia invalid. Confirmatio omnes supplet defectus, licet id quod actum est ab initio non valuit. Co, Litt. 295b. Confirmation supplies alldefects, though that which had been done was not valid at the beginning.