Spoliation

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  • noun. The act of despoiling or plundering.
  • noun. Seizure of neutral vessels at sea by a belligerent power in time of war.
  • noun. Unauthorized alteration or destruction of a legal document, such as a contract or will.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of pillaging, plundering, or spoiling; robbery; plunder.
  • noun. The act or practice of plundering in time of war, especially of plundering neutrals at sea under authority.
  • noun. Eccles., the act of an incumbent in unlawfully taking the fruits of a benefice under a pretended title.
  • noun. In law, intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
  • noun. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title.
  • noun. A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.
  • noun. Injury done to a document.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
  • noun. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
  • noun. The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
  • noun. the act of stripping and taking by force
  • Word Usage
    "Striking a pleading for negligent spoliation is a drastic sanction that is appropriate only where the missing evidence deprive [s] the moving party of the ability to establish his or her defense or case."
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