Letter Book
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A book containing the copies of letters written by a merchant or trader or other person to his correspondents. A press copy In a letter book stands in the same relation to the original as a copy taken from the letter book; both are secondary evidence, and are receivable on the loss of, or after notice to produce, the original; but the decisions are not entirely uniform on this point; 3 Camp. 305; Cameron V. Peck, 37 Conn. 555; Goodrich v. Weston, 102 Mass. 362, 3 Am. Rep. 469. See 1 Whart. Ev. §§ 72, 93, 133; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 116; Marsh V. Hand, 35 Md. 123; King v. Worthington, 73 111. 161. A letter-press reproduction cannot be considered as a duplicate, as they are not uniformly identical or accurate, 2 Wigm. Evld. § 1234. See Copy; Evidence; Press Copy.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A book in which a merchant or trader keeps copies of letters sent by him to his correspondents. ters from the post-office to the persons t& whom they are addressed.