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confirmation slip.The form verifying a purchase or sale of a security, usu. mailed by the broker to the investor. — Also termed transaction slip; sold note. [Blacks Law 8th]

confirmation of sale.A court’s approval — usu. in the form of a docket entry or order — of the terms of a court-ordered sale. [Cases: Judicial Sales  31. C.J.S. Judicial Sales §§ 29–30.] [Blacks Law 8th]

confirmation,n.1. The act of giving formal approval <Senate confirmation hearings>. [Cases: United States  35. C.J.S. United States §§ 23, 53, 56–57.] 2. The act of verifying or corroborating; a statement that verifies or corroborates <the journalist sought confirmation of the district attorney’s remarks>.3. The act of ratifying a voidable estate; a type of conveyance in…

Confirmatio Chartarum (kon-f<<schwa>>r-may-shee-oh kahr-tair-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “confirmation of the charters”] Hist. A declaration first made by Henry III in 1225 confirming the guarantees of Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. • It was not enrolled until 1297, when, during the reign of Edward I, it was enacted, thus introducing these charters into the common…

confirmatio ad omissa vel male appretiata  (kon-f<<schwa>>r-may-shee-oh ad oh-mis-<<schwa>> vel mal-ee <<schwa>>-pree-shee-ay-t<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] Scots law. Confirmation (by an executor) of subjects omitted or wrongly valued in a previously provided inventory. [Blacks Law 8th]

confirmatio (kon-f<<schwa>>r-may-shee-oh). [Latin “confirmation”] Hist. A confirmation of a voidable estate. See CONFIRMATION(3). confirmatio crescens (kon-f<<schwa>>r-may-shee-oh kres-enz). [Latin  “growing confirmation”] A confirmation that enlarges an estate. confirmatio  diminuens  (kon-f<<schwa>>r-may-shee-oh di-min-yoo-enz). [Latin “diminishing confirmation”] A confirmation that decreases the services that a tenant must perform. confirmatio perficiens (kon-f<<schwa>>r-may-shee-oh p<<schwa>>r-fish-ee-enz). [Latin “perfecting confir-mation”] A confirmation that ratifies a wrongful and defeasible…

confirm,vb.1. To give formal approval to <confirm the bankruptcy plan>. [Cases: Bankruptcy  3566.1, 3683.1, 3715(1). C.J.S. Bankruptcy § 449.] 2. To verify or corroborate <confirm that the order was signed>.3. To make firm or certain <the judgment confirmed the plaintiff’s right to possession>. [Blacks Law 8th]

confinement,n. The act of imprisoning or restraining someone; the state of being imprisoned or restrained <solitary confinement>. See SOLITARY CONFINEMENT . — confine,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

confinee. A person held in confinement. [Blacks Law 8th]

confidential source.A person who provides information to a law-enforcement agency or to a journalist on the express or implied guarantee of anonymity. • Confidentiality is protected both under the Federal Freedom of Information Act (for disclosures to law enforcement) and under the First Amendment (for disclosures to jour-nalists). [Cases: Witnesses  196.1, 216(4).C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 358,…