A formal document, a written declaration or statement. Obsolete exc. Historical (as occasional rendering of Latin libellus), and Law (see 3).

In plural. An official or legal document or set of documents addressed to a person.

spec. An official record or document, (originally) inscribed in a rolled piece of parchment or paper; (in later use) printed on paper or maintained…

A written document (originally sealed), a statement in writing (more or less formal); a letter, note, memorandum (cf. billet, n.1) Obsolete in…

A letter or other document bearing a seal; a promissory note. Also, a promise attested by one's seal. Obsolete.

one of a series of rolled documents in which the acts and proceedings of the British Parliament were formerly recorded.

concrete. The entry or official record of a deed, etc.; a record in general.