expunction

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Justice Leslie King said there is no state law that allows for an expunction after a criminal defendant receives an executive pardon.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2014

Special Assistant Attorney General Lisa Blount said in a response that several laws provide for expunction of criminal records under limited circumstances.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2014

Justice James Kitchens, in a dissent, argued that there are state and federal court decisions that support a determination that a pardon renders a conviction moot and mandates expunction.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2014

The judge denied the request, saying state law does not allow expunction of her record.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2014

By this process the essence of two or more old comedies is extracted; their characters and plots amalgamated; and the whole “rectified” by the careful expunction of equivocal passages.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 by Various