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improbation|ɪmprəʊˈbeɪʃən|
[ad. L. improbātiōn-em, n. of action from improbāre: see improbate v. Cf. F. improbation (1504 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
†1. Disapprobation, disapproval. Obs.
1656Stanley Hist. Philos. v. (1701) 225/2 He with-holds from answering, either in approbation, or improbation of something. a1677Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. verse 143 Wks. 1872 IX. 16 God discovered his approbation and improbation then more by temporal mercies and temporal judgments. 1789Bentham Princ. Legisl. Wks. 1843 I. 51 These, if they call it honour, will prefix an epithet of improbation to it, and call it false honour.
†2. Disproof, confutation. Obs. rare (in gen. sense: cf. next).
1551Recorde Cast. Knowl. iv. (1556) 118 As the firste improbation doth reproue the flatnes of the earth betwene easte and weste,..so this second confutation improueth the opinion of plainesse betwene south and north. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 275 The conjecture is not worth the improbation. 1657Physical Dict., Improbation, disproving.
3. Sc. Law. Disproof of a writ; an action brought to prove a document to be false or forged.
c1575Balfour Practicks (1754) 381 Anent improbatioun. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 122 The first is called the direct maner of improbation, be the witnes insert in the wreit, quhilk is taken to be improven. 1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 422 Summons of improbation to prove our charters of Christ to be counterfeits, are raised against poor souls. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 15 Indicting the Prisoner in the Terms of the Decreet of Improbation. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot., Improbation is the disproving and setting aside of writs ex facie probative on the grounds of falsehood or forgery. The form of process by which this is generally done is an action of reduction-improbation. |