homologation

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Homologation \Ho*mol`o*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. homologation.] (Civ.
   & Scots Law)
   Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null
   and void), by a court or a grantor.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

HOMOLOGATION, civil law. Approbation, confirmation by a court of justice, a 
judgment which orders the execution of some act; as, the approbation of an 
award, and ordering execution on the same. Merl. Repert. h.t.; Civil Code 
of Louis. Index, h.t.; Dig. 4, 8; 7 Toull. n. 224. To homologate, is to say 
the like, similiter dicere. 9 Mart. L. R. 324.