Definition of DEFACE in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEFACE
To mar or destroy the face (that is, the physical appearance of written or inscribed characters as expressive of a definite meaning) of a written instrument, signature, inscription, etc., by obliteration, erasure, cancellation, or superinscription, so as to render it illegible or unrecognizable. Linney v. State, 6 Tex. 1, 55 Am.Dec. 756. See Cancel. In re Parsons' Will, 195 N.Y.S. 742, 745, 119 Misc. 26. Also used in respect of injury to monument, buildings and other structures. Saffell v. State, 113 Ark. 97, 167 S.W. 483. So, to deface the flag carries the meaning of dishonor, which imputes a lively sense of shaming or an equivalent acquiescent callousness. State v. Schlueter, 127 N.J.L. 496, 23 A.2d 249, 251,
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