registered mail

registered mail
A class of mail established for the transmission of valuable mail matter. A letter properly stamped for registration-that is, having fixed to it stamps representing the established charge for that service as well as the necessary postage-for which upon delivering it to the postmaster, the sender is entitled to a receipt in return, and to have the letter marked with a number, and entered in an appropriate book of record as registered on that day and by that number. 41 Am J1st P O § 43.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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