单词 | approvement |
释义 | approvementn.1 1. The action of proving guilty, or convicting, by becoming ‘approver’. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > action of giving evidence > turning state's evidence approvement1768 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 324 Approvement..is when a person, indicted of treason or felony, and arraigned for the same, doth confess the fact before plea pleaded; and appeals or accuses others, his accomplices, of the same crime, in order to obtain his pardon. 1824 Thesiger Trial Thurtell & Hunt 161 The doctrine of approvement has been obsolete now for 150 years. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] willOE allowancec1400 acceptationa1425 allowing1435 approof1439 approving1523 comprobation1529 owning1535 approbation1548 good liking?1560 suffrage1563 acceptance1569 liking1569 pleasure1569 allowment1570 approvance1592 probatum1606 approvement1615 sufferage1622 the light of a person's countenance1649 reception1660 receivedness1661 imprimatur1672 approval1690 sanction1738 go-down1753 rubber stamping1920 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 61 Without his approuement. a1617 S. Hieron Wks. (1620) I. 27 The worst things haue had the greatest consent, and the fullest and most generall approouement. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 197 Their high Approvement of them induced..the Author to go on with the rest. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [noun] > that which is approved approvement1673 1673 W. Penn Spirit of Alexander the Copper-smith 22 The Meeting could not passe it as their Approvement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). approvementapprowmentn.2 Law. 1. The action of making one's profit of, making the best of (e.g. land); hence, the conversion to his own profit, by the lord of the manor, of waste or common land by enclosure and appropriation. Cf. improvement n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > of land approvement1475 1475 Bk. Noblesse 64 Labouragis and approwementis of londes and pastures. 1482 T. Cryne in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 438 My lord is sette sore to approwement and husbondry. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 15v This newe approument maye fortune to encrese of rent or decrese. 1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) Approvement..is more particularly used for the enclosing part of a Common by the Lord of the Mannor, leaving sufficient nevertheless for the Commoners. 1883 Law Times Rep. 48 595/1 The onus probandi is on the commoners, and not on the lords, as in the case of approvement. ΚΠ 1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 88 Send me word what increse and approment ye wyll give. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11615n.21475 |
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