ancient document
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Ancient document is a legal term for a document old enough—typically at least twenty or thirty years—to be presumed authentic without additional proof.
The age requirement varies by jurisdiction.
Such documents must be found in proper custody and show no signs of tampering: The deed qualified as an ancient document and was admitted without witness testimony.
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- scrollWound document of parchment
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- libraryBook collection or building
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
sacred scriptures · tablet · clay tablets · museum · codex · epigraphy · archaeology · primary source · relics · time capsule · cultural heritage · illuminated manuscript · historical records · chronicle · artifact · replica · hieratic · Rosetta Stone
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