spoliation

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Tate director Maria Balshaw said it was "a profound privilege to help reunite this work with its rightful heirs" and that she was "delighted to see the spoliation process working successfully to make this happen".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

Marigold’s lawsuit also sought texts from Kaushik and Hatley via subpoenas, but the lobbyists had deleted their texts “and produced none in response to the subpoenas,” according to the spoliation motion.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Bryant’s attorneys are seeking what are known as spoliation sanctions against county, arguing that because the Sheriff’s Department and the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021

And as museums and governments also reckon with demands to repatriate artifacts removed from former colonies, the legal precedents concerning Nazi spoliation have global significance.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

It found its strongest aliment in the system of spoliation practiced by the Romans in Asia Minor.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm