Obliteration
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In the absence of statutory provisions to the contrary, the obliteration of part of a will, leaving it otherwise complete, with the intention by the testator to annul only what was cancelled, leaves the residue valid; Bigelow v. Gillott, 123 Mass. though it may leave it as legible as it was before; Appeal of Evans, 58 Pa. 244.
See note to 25 Am. Rep. 55; Wills.