What is "approvement"

Approvement \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.

Approvement \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.

n. 1 (context obsolete Old English law English) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord. 2 (context archaic English) approval; approbation 3 (context UK legal obsolete English) 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.