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* Spoliation *

SPOLIATION - 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.

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.

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. It is also a waste of church property by an ecclesiastical person.
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