Improbation
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. An act by which falsehood and forgery are proved. Ersk. Inst. 4. 119; Stair, Inst. 4. 20; Bell,, Diet.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Scotch) An action to annul an instrument as forged.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch law. An action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false and forged. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 4, p. 161. The verb "improve" (q. v.) was used in the same sense.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Scots declared false and forged. Improper feud. A feud
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Seotch law. <An action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false and forged. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 4, p. 161. The verb “improve” (q. 0.) was used in the same sense.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
In Scotch law, an proving it false or forged.