turning approver
(legal, India, and, historically in the British Isles) Someone giving full disclosure about a crime in return for pardon.
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(legal, India, and, historically in the British Isles) Someone giving full disclosure about a crime in return for pardon.
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- approvement67%
(UK, legal, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation or implication against the accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
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(legal, UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
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An examiner; an approver.
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(Ireland) One who informs the authorities of the presence of rebels.
- crown witness56%
(UK, _, law) A person implicated in a criminal case who turn against their accomplices by serving as a witness for the state and who may enter into a witness protection program afterwards.