the mails
Definition of the mails
chiefly US, law, formal
: the system used for sending letters, packages, etc. : a nation's postal system packages sent through the mails He was charged with using the mails to commit fraud.
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: payment, rent
: bag, wallet
: material (such as letters and packages) sent or carried in a postal system
: similar material distributed within an organization
: to send by mail : post
: armor made of metal links or sometimes plates
: a hard enclosing covering of an animal (such as a tortoise)
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