improbation
English
Etymology
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
French
Further reading
- “improbation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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