(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
palaverment
palaverment
noun
Talk or chatter; palaver.
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
palmiveined
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
prepavement
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
