Approvement
Approvement ({not transcribed}) , noun
1.
Approbation. [Obsolete]
I did nothing without your approvement.
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
Approvement , noun
(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