Category:Spoliation

Spo`li*a"tion, n. Etym: [l. spoliatio; cf. F. spoliation. See spoil, V. t.]

1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation. Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of the community in Order to corrupt the remainder. Sir g. C. Lewis.

2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or Practice of plundering neutrals at sea.

3. (eccl. Law) (a) the act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice Without right, but under a pretended title. Blackstone. (b) a process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.

4. (law)

Defn: injury done to a document.