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Erasure

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  • The fact of the conviction, the fact of the pardon, the fact of the expunction if that is the procedure used are all public acts of the government.
  • The fact of the conviction, the fact of the pardon, the fact of the expunction (if that is the procedure used) are all public acts of the government.
  • By this process the essence of two or more old comedies is extracted; their characters and plots amalgamated; and the whole "rectified" by the careful expunction of...
  • This double use of expunction and cancellation is not uncommon in our oldest manuscripts.
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