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spo·li·a·tion

(spō′lē-ā′shən)

1. The act of despoiling or plundering.

2. Law Unauthorized alteration or destruction of a legal document, such as a contract or will.

[Middle English spoliacioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin spoliātiō, spoliātiōn-, from spoliātus, past participle of spoliāre, to despoil; see spoil.]

spo′li·a′tor n.

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spoliation

(ˌspəʊlɪˈeɪʃən)

1. the act or an instance of despoiling or plundering

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the authorized seizure or plundering of neutral vessels on the seas by a belligerent state in time of war

3. (Law) law the material alteration of a document so as to render it invalid

4. (Law) English ecclesiastical law the taking of the fruits of a benefice by a person not entitled to them

[C14: from Latin spoliātiō, from spoliāre to spoil]

ˈspoliatory adj

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spoliation

Church Law. the taking of property by an incumbent upon resignation or any other departure. See also ships; theft; war.

spoliation

[ˌspəʊlɪˈeɪʃən] N → despojo m

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spoliation

n (liter) → Plünderung f

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Death is a remorseless spoliator. The anguish of irreparable loss is familiar to us all.

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"No earth-shattering opinions, no imprisoned spoliators, and barely a whimper from reported decisions related to parties' chosen form of production," observed Cecil Lynn, director of e-discovery and technology at eBay, and Lauren Schwartzreich, e-discovery counsel at Littler Mendelson, in a recent Law Technology News article.

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(40) To rectify this imbalance and preserve equity, many courts impose sanctions on unintentional spoliators. (41) Regardless of the purpose served, courts enjoy wide discretion in issuing spoliation sanctions.

(88) According to this view, courts should not limit adverse inference instructions to intentional spoliation because negligent spoliators should also bear the burden of their destructive acts.

My dog ate my email: creating a comprehensive adverse inference instruction standard for spoliation of electronic evidence

(40) It would appear then, at least for accidental spoliators, federal court is theoretically a more favorable venue, at least as to sanctions on which federal law governs.

1.380(b)(2), as applied to spoliators, inter alia include a court order establishing certain facts as claimed by the nonspoliating party, forbidding the spoliator from supporting or opposing designated claims or defenses, prohibiting the spoliator from introducing designated matters into evidence, striking the spoliator's pleadings, entering dismissal or default judgment against the spoliator, finding the spoliator in contempt, and/or awarding costs and attorneys' fees caused by the spoliation to the nonspoliating party.

Deconstructing damages for destruction of evidence: Martino eradicates the first-party tort of spoliation of evidence

Peace is but a delusion, a momentary dream, and Industry, since an island of commercial monopolists and spoliators has embarrassed the intercourse of nations, discouraged the agriculture and manufactures of two continents, and transferred their workshops into nurseries of pauperism, Industry, I say, has become the scourge of the toiling millions....

Empire of barbarism

* A finding of spoliation (Spoliators should not be able to benefit from their wrongdoing, which means that all things are presumed against a despoiler or wrongdoer);

Noun	1.	spoliation - (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	spoliation - the act of stripping and taking by force despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoil pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"