Rasure
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An erasure.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The act of scraping, scratching or shaving the surface of a written instrument, for the purpose of removing certain letters or words from it It is to be distinguished from "obliteration," as the latter word properly denotes the crossing out of a word or letter by drawing a line through It with ink. But the two expressions are often used interchangeably. See Penny v. Co.rwithe, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 499.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
The removing of letters or words of an instrument by scraping off the ink and fibres of paper to which it adheres; erasm-e. It is a species of alteration of instruments.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839