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  1. To blot out, deface, mark off, perforate, destroy, or otherwise physically alter a writing to render it void.
  2. To annul, terminate, or revoke a promise or obligation.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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