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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
spoliation
n 1: (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an
alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
2: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil,
spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment,
despoliation]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Spoliation \Spo`li*a"tion\ (sp[=o]"l[i^]*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
spoliatio: cf. F. spoliation. See Spoil, v. t.]
1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
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Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of
the community in order to corrupt the remainder.
--Sir G. C.
Lewis.
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2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act
or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
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3. (Eccl. Law)
(a) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his
benefice without right, but under a pretended title.
--Blackstone.
(b) A process for possession of a church in a spiritual
court.
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4. (Law) Injury done to a document.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
SPOLIATION, Eng. eccl. law. The name of a suit sued out in the spiritual
court to recover for the fruits of the church, or for the church itself. F.
N. B. 85.
2. It is also a waste of church property by an ecclesiastical person. 3
Bl. Com. 90.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
SPOLIATION, torts. Destruction of a thing by the act of a stranger; as, the
erasure or alteration of a writing by the act of a stranger, is called
spoliation. This has not the effect to destroy its character or legal
effect. 1 Greenl. Ev. Sec. 566. 2. By spoliation is also understood the
total destruction of a thing; as, the spoliation of papers, by the captured
party, is generally regarded as proof of. guilt, but in America it is open
to explanation, except in certain cases where there is a vehement
presumption of bad faith. 2 Wheat. 227, 241; 1 Dods. Adm. 480, 486. See
Alteration.
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Thesaurus Results for spoliation:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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