In the civil law . Approbation ; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act. Merl. Rupert The term is also used in Louisiana. Hecker v. Brown, 104 La. 524, 29 South. 232. In English law . An estoppel in pais . L. R. 3 App. Cas. 1026.In Scotch law. An act by which a person approves of a deed, the effect of which isto render that deed, though in itself defective, binding upon the person by whom it ishomologated. Bell. Confirmation of a voidable deed.