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What does expungement mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of expunging.
  2. (US) The process by which the record of a criminal conviction is destroyed or sealed.
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Even in instances where the criminal conviction is expunged, the U. S. is under no obligation to recognize that expungement.
For somebody that's been wrongfully convicted, there should be an automatic expungement on the record, no question about it.
On Feb. 8, an arbitrator in Omaha recommended expungement of dozens of customer complaints against 22 brokers at Securities America.
That would help to ensure that only people who truly deserved the expungement of their convictions achieved that.
Our trade-mark lawyers, trade-mark agents, and technical consultants work in partnership with clients to litigate and settle expungement actions.
Sadly, no further explanation was given to justify this rationale even though other non-statutory grounds of invalidity have previously been accepted in expungement proceedings.

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