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"Spoliation occurs when a party has intentionally or negligently breached its duty to preserve potentially discoverable evidence," Judge Robinson wrote in her opinion.
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"Spoliation occurs when a party has intentionally or negligently breached its duty to preserve potentially discoverable evidence," Judge Robinson wrote in her opinion.
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"Spoliation" referred to warring parties seizing money, goods and other booty, as in "to the victor belong the spoils."
U.Va. Mobile 2008
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Le Pillage des appartements et son indemnisation (Spoliation and Compensation of Jewish-Inhabited Apartments).
Annette Wieviorka. 2009
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Spoliation of works of art during the Holocaust and World War II period
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The French Spoliation Bill, after considerable discussion, passed the Senate on Friday, January 24th.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various
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Spoliation in its most vulgar form was the order of the day.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Early in 1800 they made a favorable treaty with France: better guarantees were secured for American neutral trade; the old treaties of 1778 were practically set aside; and the claims of American merchants for captures since 1793 were abandoned, This last action gave rise to the French Spoliation Claims, which remained unsettled for nearly
Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 Albert Bushnell Hart 1898
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Spoliation of public libraries in past times -- Denouncers of the robbers of books -- Schedule of public libraries in the United
The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Dévastation du Musée '(The Spoliation of the Museum);' Sur le Besoin de
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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