I. -vmənt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English approvement, approuement, from Middle French approuement, aprouement, from Old French, from aprouer + -ment
English law : the act of approving lands
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: approve (I) + -ment
1. obsolete : approbation , approval
2. Old English law : the act of one that when appealed of a felony confessed his guilt and appealed another as an accomplice of the same crime to obtain his own pardon