improbation
English
Etymology
Latin improbatio.
Noun
improbation (countable and uncountable, plural improbations)
- disapproval
- (law, Scotland) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.
- 1826, George Joseph Bell, Commentaries on the Law of Scotland and on the principles of Mercantile Jurisprudence
- the best expedient which Improbation occurred to the lawyers of those days , was afforded by the action of reduction - improbation
- 1826, George Joseph Bell, Commentaries on the Law of Scotland and on the principles of Mercantile Jurisprudence
References
- improbation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Noun
improbation f (plural improbations)
- improbation
Further reading
- “improbation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.