HOMOLOGATION, in the civil law, the act of confirming or rendering a thing more valid and solemn, by publication, repetition, or recognition thereof.—The word comes from the Greek συμμεταξυναι "consent, assent;" formed of συμμε similis, "like," and ταξυναι, of ταξυναι dicere, "to say;" q. d. to say the same thing, to consent, agree.