Improbation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Improbation \Im`pro*ba"tion\, n. [L. improbatio.]
     1. The act of disapproving; disapprobation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Scots Law) The act by which falsehood and forgery are
        proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some


        instrument declared false or forged. --Bell. Improbative

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  IMPROBATION. The act by which perjury or falsehood is proved. Tech. Dict. 
  h.t.