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noun

Approver n.

One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.

An informer; an accuser. (Obs.)

(Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Approver" Quotes from Famous Books

... stood up, the Lords, after gazing at him for a moment with Contempt, turned their Backs upon him. The Crown Lawyers treated him in the manner that an Old Bailey Counsellor would cross-examine an approver in a case of Larceny; and as for the Prisoner, he just shut his eyes while Murray was giving evidence; and when he had finished, turns to the Gentleman Gaoler, and asks, with his eyes still shut, "Is IT gone?" meaning Judas. At which there ...

— The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 • George Augustus Sala

... unhappy favourite, there can be no doubt that the treatment which he received from his master was disgraceful. Faithless alike to his people and to his tools, the King did not scruple to play the part of the cowardly approver, who hangs his accomplice. It is good that there should be such men as Charles in every league of villainy. It is for such men that the offer of pardon and reward which appears after a murder is intended. They are indemnified, remunerated and despised. The very magistrate who avails himself ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 1 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

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