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(Law Fr. rassure, rasoure; from Lat. rasura, from radere, to scrape). A scraping off; the removal of , one or more words from an instrument, by scraping the writing off or out. One of the modes by which a deed or other instrument may be avoided, or rendered of no effect. 2 Bl. Comm. 308; Shep. Touch. 55, 68, 71; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 29, § 4. “Rasure” is properly distinguished from “obliteration,” which is effected by marking out the writing with pen and ink, or blotting it out by other means; but the terms are sometimes used as synonymous. See 18 Johns. (N. Y.) .499.
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(Law Fr. rassure, rasoure; from Lat. rasura, from radere, to scrape). A scraping off; the removal of , one or more words from an instrument, by scraping the writing off or out. One of the modes by which a deed or other instrument may be avoided, or rendered of no effect. 2 Bl. Comm. 308; Shep. Touch. 55, 68, 71; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 29, § 4. “Rasure” is properly distinguished from “obliteration,” which is effected by marking out the writing with pen and ink, or blotting it out by other means; but the terms are sometimes used as synonymous. See 18 Johns. (N. Y.) .499.
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