What is APPROVAL? Definition of APPROVAL in Black's Law Dictionary
The act of confirming, ratifying, sanctioning, or consenting to some act or thing done by another. Rooney v. South Sioux City, 111 Neb. 1, 195 N.W. 474, 475. "Approval" implies knowledge and exercise of discretion after knowledge. State v. Duckett, 133 S.C. 85, 130 S.E. 340, 342; McCarten v. Sanderson, 111 Mont. 407, 109 P.2d 1108, 1112, 132 A.L.R. 1229.
The act of a judge or magistrate in sanctioning and accepting as satisfactory a bond, security, or other instrument which is required by law to pass his inspection and receive his approbation before it becomes operative.
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