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uction; dogma. [Obs.] Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. I. Watts.

Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.

Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing. "Documentary evidence." Macaulay.

A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

The place in which public records or historic documents are kept. Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and are laid up in his archives as witnesses. Gov. of Tongue.

An original (book or document). [Obs.] "Authentics and transcripts." Fuller.

To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

rtain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]

ing an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.

A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents.

A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.

Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

his own account, either under their charge or his. -- People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838.

nual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier.

ch she cleared on the cargo. Macaulay. To clear a ship at the customhouse, to exhibit the documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such papers as the law requires. -- To clear a ship for action, or To clear for action (Naut.), to remove incumbrances…

A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shopper as a warrant that his goods have been duly enstered and have paid duty.

That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers. Macaulay.

s already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents. He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. Macaulay.

The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs. Our constitution had be…