spoliation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spoliation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spoliation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spoliation n (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence the act of stripping and taking by force Synonym(s): spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spoliation \Spo`li*a"tion\, n. [L. spoliatio; cf. F. spoliation. See {Spoil}, v. t.] 1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation. Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of the community in order to corrupt the remainder. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea. 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. 4. (Law) Injury done to a document.