approver

American  

[uh-proo-ver] / əˈpru vər /

noun

1. a person who validates, agrees to, or judges favorably.

2. Old English Law. an accomplice to a felony who confesses guilt and gives evidence against their confederates.

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Etymology

Origin of approver

First recorded in 1300–50; approve + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“When they are the approver and the appeals court, if they say no, we can’t go to a different app store to get to our customers,” she continued.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2022

They also arrested a man who had helped him procure the snakes - he later turned "approver" and helped police piece together the case.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2021

Appeals are of two sorts, viz., such as are brought by an innocent person, and such as are brought by an offender confessing himself guilty, who is commonly called an approver.

From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Hayward, Arthur L.

He called these hostels her hostels, made her the approver of all he did, but he kept every particle of control in his own hands.

From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

I would have turned "approver" against my father rather than gone on in this fashion.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James