To attest something as being true. To confirm. To approve. … [Read more...]

An obsolete title of dignity next to a peer. 2 Inst. 667; 2 Steph. Comm. 612. Vana est ilia potentia quss nunquam venit in actnm. That power is vain [idle or useless] which never comes into action, [which is never exercised.] 2 Coke, 51. Vani timores sunt asstimandl, qui non eadunt in eonstantem virom. Those are to be regarded as idle fears which do not affect a steady [firm or … [Read more...]

A statute that alters a prior statute that may be held invalid and results in making the law, as amended, valid law. … [Read more...]

The act of making valid. See validate; confirmation, approval. … [Read more...]

This term is used to signify legal sufficiency, in contradistinction to mere regularity. "An official sale, an order, judgment, or decree may be regular,the whole practice in reference to its entry may be correct,but still invalid, for reasons going behind the regularity of its forms." … [Read more...]