Confirmatio

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In old English law

A confirmation. Conflrmatio chartai'um: confirmation of the claarters; a statute passed 25 Edw. I. confirming Magna charta and the Carta de Foresta. Conflrmatio crescens: an increasing or enlarging confirmation; a confirmation which enlarges a rightful estate. Conflrmatio diminuens: a diminishing confirmation; a confirmation which releases part of the services by which the estate is held. Conflrmatio est prions juris et dominii adepti flrmatio, cum prima firmitate donationis; nihil^enim novi attribnit, sed jus vetus consolidat et conflrmat: a confirmation is a making firm of a former right and ownership already obtained, with the first strength of the gift; for it confers nothing new, but consolidates and confirms the old right. Conflrmatio est nulla, ubi donum praicedens est invalidum: a confirmation is null, where the preceding gift is invalid; that is, it has no effect to strengthen a void estate. Conflrmatio omnes snpplet defectus, licet id quod actum est ab initio non raluit: a confirmation supplies all defects, although that which has been done was not originally valid. Conflrmatio omnem supplet defectum: confirmation supplies all defect. Conflrmatio perficiens: a perfecting confirmation; a confirmation which serves to confirm and make good a wrongful and defeasible estate, or to make a conditional estate absolute.