Erasure
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The obliteration of a writing, or part thereof. It will render it void or not under the same circumstances as an interlineation.
See 5 Pet. (U. S.) 560; 11 Coke, 88; 4 Cruise, Dig.,368; 13 Viner, Abr. 41; Fitzg. 207; 5 Bing. 183; 3 Car. & P. 55; 2 Wend. (N. Y.) 555; 11 Conn. 531; 5 Mart. (La.) 190; 2 La. 291; 3 La. 56; 4 La. 270.
ERCISCUNDUS (Lat. erciscere). For dividing. Familiae erciscundae actio, an action for dividing away goods, or any matter of inheritance. Vicat; Calv. Lex. EREGIMUS (Lat. we have erected). A word proper to be used in the creation of a new office by the sovereign. Bac. Abr. "Of-