Approvement vs. Approver

Approvementnoun

Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.

Approvementnoun

(archaic) approval; approbation

Approvementnoun

A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.

Approvementnoun

Approbation.

Approvementnoun

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.

Approvementnoun

Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.

Approvernoun

One who approves or gives approval.

Approvernoun

In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.

Approvernoun

One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.

Approvernoun

An informer; an accuser.

Approvernoun

One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.

Approvernoun

A bailiff or steward; an agent.

Approvernoun

an authority with power to approve