official letters
Documents from authorities
Official letters are formal written correspondence from or to institutions, governments, or authorities—documents like She received an official letter from the IRS or The university sent official letters of admission.
The term distinguishes these from personal or informal communication, implying the letter carries institutional weight or legal significance.
- memorandumFormal internal correspondence
- business correspondenceProfessional written exchanges
- notificationFormal notice given
- salutationExpression of goodwill
- subject lineEmail's topic summary
cc line · drafting · authorization · circular · secretary · proofreading · warrant · proclamation · notice · decree · certified mail · certified copy · return address · confirmation · affidavit · header · enclosure · subpoena
- government documentswhite paper, laws, federal records, gazette, constitutions
- official recordsbirth certificate, government documents, birth certificates, death certificate, death certificates
- presidential documentsexecutive orders, proclamations, presidential decrees, memoranda, executive actions
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
- dispatchesdispatches, military dispatches, cables, diplomatic cables, embassy cables
- military recordsmilitary records, service records, after action report, military rosters, military archives
official letterspersonal letters
Individual written communications
personal correspondence · private correspondence · informal letters · private letters · love letters
official lettersforged documents
Fraudulently created official papers
personal correspondence · private messages · anonymous letters
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