(US, criminal law) A class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States o
(US, criminal law) A class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America.
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(US) An investigative technique in which the United States Postal Service, acting at the request of a law enforcement agency, records information from the outside of letters and parcels before they are delivered and sends that information to the requesting agency.
(US, legal) An exception to the general rule of contract law stating that acceptance of an offer takes effect when a letter enters the postal system.
(usually, with "the", US) The mail delivery system.
(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _, UK) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.