释义 |
ap·prove·ment I. \-vmənt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English approvement, approuement, from Middle French approuement, aprouement, from Old French, from aprouer + -ment English law : the act of approving lands II. noun (-s) Etymology: approve (I) + -ment 1. obsolete : approbation, approval 2. Old English law : the act of one that when appealed of a felony confessed his guilt and appealed another as an accomplice of the same crime to obtain his own pardon |