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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Approvement | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Approvement \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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Approvement \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. | |
