Cancellation
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Theact of crossing out a writing. The manual operation of tearing or destroying 4 written instrument.
1 Eq. Cas, Abr. 409; Rob. Wills, 367, n.
According to Bartolus, an expunging or wiping out of the contents of an instrument by two lines drawn in the manner of a cross; also used to siguify any manner of obliteration and defacement.