Deface
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To mar or disfigure. It has been held that to write on a license anything, whether true or false, other than the particulars required, defaces it; 15 L. J. C. P. 18; [1S95] 1 Q. B. 639.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Alter, 2; Cancel.