A unique document containing notes written by future President John Quincy Adams in preparation for his first case before the Supreme Court is for sale for $75,000. In 1804, Adams, then a U.S. senator ...

After England’s Glorious Revolution of 1688, when the monarchy was reinstated but under the watchful eye of Parliament, the country decided against drafting a new written constitution. Previous ...

Courtesy / Getty Images/iStockphoto Buying and selling land is simple. Ownership is transferred by a written document called a deed. There is no difference between a “sale” deed and a “title” deed; ...

Imagine a world without written records — no books, no laws, no way to document discoveries or communicate ideas across generations. Civilization would be trapped in a cycle of forgetfulness, with ...

Archaeologists announced Wednesday they have discovered hundreds of writing tablets from Roman London — including the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain -- in a trove that provides ...

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations for the protection of human participants require that informed consent information be presented in language understandable to the participant ...

Organizations and corporations of all kinds use documents to convey messages both internally and externally. For an organization to stay efficient, it must develop mechanisms for controlling and ...