(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.
(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.
“1) Expand SCOTUS by 4, and fill. 2) Lift House Seat cap, set 500k, curreny least pop state, as apportionment base w 250k interval reset. 3) End gerrymandering 4) Set min polling locations & hours, max ID reqs & codify mailbox rule. 5) Impose ranked choice.”
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(chiefly, US) A box into which mail is placed.
(computing) A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.
(chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A box into which mail is put.
(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.
(usually, with "the", US) The mail delivery system.