or a by-product of such activity, and set aside for action or reference.S yn.: archival document. [Archives] 
n., Recorded information (documents) regardless of form or medium created, received and maintained by an agency, institution, organization or individual in pursuance or its legal obligations or in the transaction of business. [Archives] 
n., Recorded information produced or received in the initiation, conduct or completion of an institutional or individual activity
that comprises content, context an