apprisal

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Please with the speech, the king commanded that the mirror be conveyed to the courtier's palace; but after, having gone thither without apprisal, he found it in an apartment where was naught but idle lumber.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

When to this is added the cost for supporting the prisoners, the ordinary repairs, printing the Report and annual apprisal, we have the net prison gain.

From The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences by Quinby, Hosea