Obliteration

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The destruction of words in an instrument by erasure, blotting, or striking out. They need not be completely effaced. The term is most commonly applied to wills which may be revoked by obliteration, 29 Car. II. c. 3, § 6.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Synonymous with Cancellation. See 14 Colo. App. 377, 60 Pac. 186.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Erasure or blotting out of written words. Obliteration is not limited to effacing the letters of a wili or scratching them out or blotting them so completely that they cannot be read. A line drawn through the writing is obliteration, though it may leave it as legible as it was before. See Glass v. Scott, 14 Colo. App. 377, 60 Pac. 186; Evans' Appeal, 58 Pa. 244; Townshend v. Howard, 86 Me. 285, 2p AH. 1077; Sinte v. Knippa, 29 Tex. 298.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Erasure or biotting out of written words. Obliteration is not limited to effacing the letters of a will or seralching them out or blotting the:n so completely that they cannot be read. A line drawn through the writing is obliteration, though it may leave it as legible as it was before. 58 Pa, St. 244.