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.