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APPROVEMENT - English Law. 1. The inclosing of common land within the lord's waste, so as to leave egress and regress to a tenant who is a commoner.
2. The augmentation of the profits of land.
The destruction of the benefit of clergy; of appeal, in felony; of trial by battle and ordeal; of the right of sanctuary; of the privilege to abjure the realm; of approvement, by which any criminal who could, in a judicial combat, by skill, ...
 See also: Treason, Reference, Profits, Lord, Index
  
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