GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Approvement , n. [Obs.]
   Approbation.
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   I did nothing without your approvement.
   Hayward.
   
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   (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.
   
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   Approvement, 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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