Approvement vs. Approver — What's the Difference?

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

One who approves or gives approval.

(archaic) Approval; approbation.

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

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.

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

Approbation.

An informer; an accuser.

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.

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

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

A bailiff or steward; an agent.

An authority with power to approve