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Definition of spoliations:

(n) : (by extension) (law) (uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
(n) : (by extension) (law) (international law, uncountable) The systematic forcible seizure of property during a crisis or state of unrest such as that caused by war, now regarded as a crime; looting, pillage, plunder; (countable) an instance of this.
(n) : (by extension) (uncountable) The action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin.
(n) : (by extension) (uncountable) The action of an incumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice”) wrongfully depriving another of the emoluments of a benefice.
(n) : (by extension) (countable, law) A lawsuit brought or writ issued by an incumbent against another, claiming that the latter has wrongfully taken the emoluments of a benefice.
(n) : (uncountable, archaic) The action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property forcibly seized; (countable) an instance of this; a robbery, a seizure.

Definition of spoliations:

(n) : (by extension) (law) (uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
(n) : (by extension) (law) (international law, uncountable) The systematic forcible seizure of property during a crisis or state of unrest such as that caused by war, now regarded as a crime; looting, pillage, plunder; (countable) an instance of this.
(n) : (by extension) (uncountable) The action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin.
(n) : (by extension) (uncountable) The action of an incumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice”) wrongfully depriving another of the emoluments of a benefice.
(n) : (by extension) (countable, law) A lawsuit brought or writ issued by an incumbent against another, claiming that the latter has wrongfully taken the emoluments of a benefice.
(n) : (uncountable, archaic) The action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property forcibly seized; (countable) an instance of this; a robbery, a seizure.

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