"approvement" meaning in English

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        "Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord."
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        "(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord."
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        "Approval; approbation."
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        "(archaic) Approval; approbation."
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        "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."
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        "(UK, law, obsolete) 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."
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