Erasure

Erasure, the alteration of a deed or document by "shaving" or "scraping" any part of it. When this is done to any material part after execution, the deed is invalidated. In the case of deeds an unexplained alteration is presumed to have been made at or before execution; but this is, of course, open to rebuttal. An immaterial alteration has no effect in avoiding the instrument. As regards wills, alterations therein are disregarded by the Court in granting Probate, unless they are authenticated by the signatures of the testator and witnesses, or unless the fact of their having been made before execution can be proved.