1. Confirmation, esp. of a court granting its approval to some action.
2. The consent inferred by law from a party’s failure, for a ten-day period, to complain of an arbitrator’s sentence, of an appointment of a syndic (or assignee) of an insolvent, or of a settlement of successions.
3. The approval given by a judge of certain acts and agreements, to render them more readily enforceable. — Also termed (in Spanish law) homologación (oh-moh-loh-gah-syohn). See judgment homologating the tableau under JUDGMENT.
