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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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The concept of expungement for its own sake is simply inapplicable to a law on this subject matter.
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.
Granted on the grounds of expungement of the trade-mark with which it may have been confusing.
For somebody that's been wrongfully convicted, there should be an automatic expungement on the record, no question about it.
Specializing in expungement of criminal indictments and criminal records, and maintaining the rights of the individual with the record.
Even in instances where the criminal conviction is expunged, the U. S. is under no obligation to recognize that expungement.

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