It may seem as if a memo – which is short for 'memorandum' – is a document you can dash off quickly without giving it too much thought. But while memos are by nature brief (no more than two pages), ...

Many estate-planning attorneys use a personal property memorandum (memo) for the disposition of personal property. It’s used when the attorney drafts a client’s will to allow the client to change ...

In business, you might use letters and memorandums to communicate with others. A letter contains the company's letterhead or return address, the date, the recipient's address, a subject line, ...