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ALTERATION. An act done upon an instrument in writing by a party entitled under it, without the consent of the other party, by which its meaning orlanguage is changed; it imports some fraud or design on the part of him whomade it. This differs from spoliation, which is the mutilation of theinstrument by the act of a stranger. 2. When an alteration has a tendency to mislead, by so changing thecharacter of the instrument, it renders it void; but if the change has notsuch tendency, it will not be considered an alteration. 1 Greenl. Ev. 566. 3. A spoliation, on the contrary, will not affect the legal characterof the instrument, so long as the original writing remains legible; and, ifit be a deed, any trace of the seal remains. 1 Greenl. Ev. Sec. 566. SeeSpoliation.

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