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The FindLaw Legal Dictionary -- free access to over 8260 definitions of legal terms. Search for a definition or browse our legal glossaries. spoliation n. 1 : the destruction, alteration, or mutilation of evidence esp. by a party for whom the evidence is damaging. 2 : alteration or mutilation of an instrument (as a will) by one who is not a party to the instrument. Subscribe to Term of the Day.