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File Definition
A thread, string, or wire upon which writs and other exhibits in courts and offices are fastened or filed for the more safe keeping and ready turning to the same. Spelman; Cowell; Tomlins. Papers put together and tied in bundles. A paper is said also to be filed when it is delivered to the proper officer, and by him received to be kept on file. 13 Viner, Abr. 211; 1 Litt. 113; 1 Hawk. P. C. 7, 207,
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| File | File in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| File | File in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| File | File in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| File | File in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| File | File in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| File | File in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| File | File in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| File | File in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| File | File in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| File | File in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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A thread, string, or wire upon which writs and other exhibits in courts and offices are fastened or filed for the more safe keeping and ready turning to the same. Spelman; Cowell; Tomlins. Papers put together and tied in bundles. A paper is said also to be filed when it is delivered to the proper officer, and by him received to be kept on file. 13 Viner, Abr. 211; 1 Litt. 113; 1 Hawk. P. C. 7, 207,
Notice
This definition of File is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
first to file in relation to Invention and Patent Law
In the European patent system, the patent is awarded to the first person to file an application on that invention independent of who was the first to invent. (See First to File versus First to Invent )
Decision to File Complaint Pending and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The number of completed counselings in which (1) the agency did not receive a complaint, and (2) the 15-day period for filing a complaint had not expired at the end of the fiscal year.
File Definition in the context of the Federal Court System
The act of transmitting or placing a document in the official custody of the clerk of court and entering it into the file or record of a case; (2) the official record of a case.
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