mailable matter

mailable matter
Matter which may be lawfully conveyed in the United States mails, or be delivered by a postmaster or letter carrier. United States ex rel. Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Co. v Burleson, 255 US 407, 410, 65 L Ed 704, 708, 41 S Ct 352.

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