The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.

deletion by an act of expunging or erasing

a lawsuit asking a court to enter an order that all law enforcement agencies with any records of a person's arrest, (or criminal charges) erase, delete or destroy those records

an order from a court directing law enforcement agencies to destroy all records related to an arrest and prosecution of an offense committed by an individual

a process by which you can have arrests and criminal charges completely removed from your record

This is a procedure whereby a Defendant can have records of a charge removed from his or her criminal history if 1) acquitted following a trial, 2) convicted but later pardoned, 3) the indictment or information has been quashed and the statute of limitations has run, or 4) the Defendant has successfully completed deferred adjudication for a Class C misdemeanor. Except in limited circumstances, the Defendant is thereafter entitled to deny that he or she was ever arrested or even that there was ever an expunction.