Erasure

The obliteration of a writing. The effect of an erasure is not per se to destroy the writing in which it occurs, but is a question for the jury, and will render the writing void or not. under the same circumstances as an interlineation.

See 11 Co. vs; 5 Bingh. 1S.;: Bailey v. Taylor. 11 Conn. 531, 29 Am. Dec. 321; S.-lihellas v. Reeves- Curator, 3 La. 56; Brooks v. Allen. (12 Ind. 401; Whittlesey v. Hughes, 39 Mo. 34; Cole v. Hills. 11 X. II. 227; Page v. Donaher,43 Wis. 221; Dodge v. Haskell. 69 Me. 429; Simpson v. Davis. 110 Mass. 269, 20 Am. Rep. 324. Se,> Alteration; Interlineation. ERCISCUNDUS (Lat. erviseere). For dividing. Familia • crcisruitda? actio. An action