\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.