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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To mar or destroy the face (that is, the physical appearance of written or inscribed characters as expressive of a definite meaning) of a written instrument, signature, inscription, etc., by obliteration, erasure, canceliation or superinscription, se as to render it illegible or unrecognizable.

Linney v. State, 6 Tex. 1, 55 Ain. Dec. 756.

See Cancel.

See Cancel.