Legal Definition and Related Resources of Confirmation

To make firm, or certain, to render valid that which is void, voidable , to give new assurance of truth or certainty, to ratify. It is said that confirmation supplies all defects, though that which had been done was not valid at the beginning. See Weld v Postal Telegraph cable Co., 103 N.E. 957, 210 N. Y. 59.

A contract by which that which was voidable is made firm and unavoidable. A conveyance, whereby a voidable estate previously granted is made firm. Ratification of an official act by a person or body having a supervisory jurisdiction; as confirmation of a referee’s report by the court; confirmation of a sheriff’s sale; confirmation by the legislative body of an appointment by the executive. In Ecclesiastical Law. Ratification by the archbishop of the election of a bishop by the dean and chapter. Wharton.

The written statement that follows any “trade” in the securities markets. Confirmation is issued immediately after a trade is executed. It spells out settlement date, terms, commission, etc.

noun

• acceptance
• accord
• accordance
• acknowledgment
• acquiescence
• admission
• affidavit
• affirmance
• affirmation
• approval
• assent
• assertion
• assurance
• attestation
• authentication
• authorization
• averment
• avouchment
• certification
• corroboration
• corroborative statement
• declaration
• deposition
• documentation
• endorsement
• legal pledge
• oath
• proof
• ratification
• sanction
• seal
• solemn averment
• solemn avowal
• solemn declaration
• stamp of approval
• subscription
• substantiation
• support
• swearing
• validation
• verification
• visé
• warrant
• Associated Concepts: confirmation of judgment
• confirmation of saleforeign phrases: Non valet confirmatio
• nisi ille
• qui confirm
  

  Confirmation Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

  The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Confirmation in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: AUDITOR’S receipt of a written or oral response from an independent third party verifying the accuracy of information requested.

  Grammar

  This term is a noun.

  Etimology of Confirmation

  (You may find confirmation at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

  c. 1300, confyrmacyoun, the Church rite, from Old French confirmacion (13c.) “strengthening, confirmation; proof; ratification,” from Latin confirmationem (nominative confirmatio) “a securing, establishing; an assurance, encouragement,” noun of action from confirmare (see confirm). As a legal action, “verification, proof,” from late 14c.; as “action of making sure,” from late 15c.

  Confirmation