- Approbation. - 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. - Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and
converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord
of the manor.