Document

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An example for instruction or warning.

II. Document ·vt To Teach; to School.

III. Document ·noun That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

IV. Document ·vt To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

V. Document ·noun An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else;

— in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.