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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 differences between the mark as registered and as used are not so significant as to warrant expungement.
Even in instances where the criminal conviction is expunged, the U. S. is under no obligation to recognize that expungement.
On Feb. 8, an arbitrator in Omaha recommended expungement of dozens of customer complaints against 22 brokers at Securities America.
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.
By law, the Registrar may, provided certain conditions are met, order the expungement of the trade-mark from the register if it is not being used in the normal course of business in Canada.
Granted on the grounds of expungement of the trade-mark with which it may have been confusing.

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