English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Result
Result for Approvement
Approvement
(n.)
Approbation.
Approvement
(n.)
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.
Approvement
(n.)
Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and
converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord
of the manor.