Confirmation, a species of conveyance by which a voidable estate is made valid and unavoidable, or by which a particular estate is increased. Estates which are void cannot be confirmed, but only those which are voidable, Watkin's Conv. 321. A confirmation may make a voidable or defeasible estate good, but it cannot work upon an estate that is void at law, Co. Litt. 295 b.
Confirmation in Scotland is the ratification by a competent Court of an appointment of executors, and confers a title to uplift, administer, and dispose of the personal estate of the deceased. When the appointment of the executor has been made by the deceased, the appointee is called an executor-nominate and the confirmation a testament testamentor. When the appointment has been made by the Court, the appointee is called an executor-dative, and the confirmation a testament-dative.