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Many of which fit the legal definition of papers: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Paper http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Paper which are protected from being searched by the fourth amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." (I quoted the modern legal definition of papers, but the proper thing to look up is the colloquial definition of papers at the time the constitution was written. Does anyone have a good reference for how the founders of the US would have used the word "papers"? It clearly included legal and accounting documents, but e.g. was it broader than that?)