Definitions
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- noun the act of stripping and taking by force
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Examples
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The defendants had argued for the delay after Judge Sue L. Robinson, in the U.S. District Court in Delaware, ruled on January 9 that evidence "spoilation" occurred when Rambus allegedly destroyed important information related to the case that could be used against it.
CNET News.com 2009
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It is not possible to identify either who should be liable to such spoilation nor to whom this wiergeld is to bepaid.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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It is not possible to identify either who should be liable to such spoilation nor to whom this wiergeld is to bepaid.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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It is not possible to identify either who should be liable to such spoilation nor to whom this wiergeld is to bepaid.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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It is not possible to identify either who should be liable to such spoilation nor to whom this wiergeld is to bepaid.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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All of this ignore collateral attacks that are allowed, and other types of litigation spoilation of evidence, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, malicious defense in NH, good faith attacks in insurance litigation etc.
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A massive spoilation of ballot papers would, I believe, stop politicians of all parties in their tracks and would, hopefully, make them realise that the electorate need to be consulted, and that their views be acted upon.
Coal Recovery -Yeh Right Valleys Mam 2008
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You know that spoilation is evidence of guilt - you've got the lawyers to tell you so.
Deleted Whitehouse E-Mails; Another Bush Criminal; Another Reason to Impeach 2008
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Now it is your tyrant who is perpetually driven to iniquitous spoilation of temples and human beings, through chronic need of money wherewith to meet inevitable expenses, since he is forced to feed and support an army (even in times of peace) no less than if there were actual war, or else he signs his own death-warrant. 102 83
Hiero 2007
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This should not lead you to a Tory love of aristocrats - it was, after all, they who sold the land or the mineral rights to allow this spoilation to take place - but it does explain Lawrence's extreme reaction to industrialisation.
May 2005 2005
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