Sealed letters

Sealed letters (璽書) in Themiclesia are documents issued by the monarch or a public official to exercise some form of authority. In the documentarian administration of Themiclesia, the letter is the primary vehicle by which authority is exercised; if an official is unable to issue letters, they were unable to exercise most, if not all, of their authority in a recognized way. There was an increasingly-elaborate body of rules that governed the issuance of letters, often to the end of authentication and elimination of errors.

Depending on the issuing authority, sealed letters have varying degrees of competences. Traditionally, the monarch's sealed letters are considered to have unrestricted competence, while a public official's sealed letters were considered to have the competence of that public official. A royal letter must have unrestricted competence since it is the way by which parliamentary statutes are made, under the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.

Royal letters

Royal letters (公璽書) have the highest legal authority in Themiclesia and are considered to embody the monarch's unlimited, sovereign authority completely. The monarch's oral expressions, however they are worded, are considered to have no legal effect by the early 18th century, since they are open to doubt by individuals who did not hear the monarch.