About The Word Approvement
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Approvement
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What's The Definition Of Approvement?Synonyms | Synonyms for Approvement: Related Terms | Find terms related to Approvement: See Also | Approvement In Webster's Dictionary \Ap*prove"ment\, n. [Obs.]
1. Approbation.
I did nothing without your approvement. --Hayward.
2. (Eng. Law) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged
with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his
accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to
obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it
corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or
queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the
United States. --Burrill. Bouvier.
\Ap*prove"ment\, n. (Old Eng. Law) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. --Blackstone. |
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