Approver
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
L fr. To approve or prove; to vouch; to appropriate; to improve.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inecriminallaw. An accomplice in crime who accuses others of the game offense, and is admitted as a witness at the discretion of the court to give evidence against his companions in guilt. He is vulgarly called “Queen's Evidence.” He is one who confesges himself guilty of felony and accuses others of the same crime to save himself from punishment. 26 Ill, 175.
In old English law. Certnin men sens which formerly were let at a certain yvalueto the sheriff. Cowell.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In old English law. The bailiff of a lord in his franchise. Stat. 9 Hen. VI., c. 10. Cowell. The king's approvers were those that had the letting of the king's demesnes in small manors, to his best advantage. Stat. 51 Hen. III., st. 5. Sheriffs were sometimes called the king's approvers. Stat. 1 Edw. III., c. 8. Cowell. Blount. The word was sometimes written improver. Blount.