Legal Definition and Related Resources of Approval

Act of confirming, ratifying, sanctioning some act or thing done by another.

noun

• acceptance
• accord
• acknowledgment
• acquiescence
• adoption
• affirmance
• affirmation
• agreement
• allowance
• approbatio
• approbation
• assent
• assurance
• authentication
• authorization
• comprobatio
• concordance
• concurrence
• confirmation
• consent
• countenance
• encouragement
• endorsement
• expression of satisfaction
• favor
• license
• nod of approbation
• permit
• ratification
• recognition
• sanction
• support
• toleration
• validation
• verification
• Associated Concepts: acceptance by a bank
• approved
• endorsed note
• sale on approval
• foreign phrases: Qui non improbat
• approbat
• He who does not disapprove
• approves
• Quod approbo non reprobo
• That wnich I approve I do not later reject

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Accept, Approbation, Attorney General, Connivance, Consent Judgment, Initiative, On Approval, Sale, Ratification, Referendum, Submit.

What does Approval mean in American Law?

The definition of Approval in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Favorable response to, or active acceptance after knowledge of, an act or state of affairs, impliedly by one who has the power to disapprove it. In most legal contexts, the term is roughly equivalent to ratification and indicates a somewhat more active and positive response than mere acquiescence.

Hierarchical Display of Approval

Production, Technology And Research > Technology and technical regulations > Technical regulations > Standardisation
Trade > Marketing > Marketing > Market approval
Trade > Marketing > Marketing > Quality label

Meaning of Approval

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Resources

Translation of Approval

• Spanish: Homologación
• French: Homologation
• German: Musterzulassung
• Italian: Omologazione
• Portuguese: Homologação
• Polish: Certyfikacja

Thesaurus of Approval

Production, Technology And Research > Technology and technical regulations > Technical regulations > Standardisation > Approval
Trade > Marketing > Marketing > Market approval > Approval
Trade > Marketing > Marketing > Quality label > Approval

See also

• Market approval

• Community certification
• Mutual recognition principle