Approver
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
tn the English criminal law. One confessing himself guilty of felony, and approving others of the same crime to save himself.
Cromp. Inst. 250; 3 Inst. 129.
APPURTENANCES in common parlance and legal acceptation, is used to signify something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to the principal thing.
10 Peters, R. 25; Angell, Wat. C. 43; 1 Serg. & 4 Rawle R. 342; 1 P. Wms. 603; Cro. Jac. 526; 2 Co. 32; Co Litt. 5 b. 56 a, b; 1 Plowd. 171; 2 Saund. 401, n. (2); 1 Lev. 131; 1 Sid. 211.