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case file

case file a complete collection of every document in a case. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...


file

file filed fil·ing vt 1 a : to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records esp. as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding [filed a tax return] [a financing statement filed with the Secretary of State] [filing a notice of appeal] ;also : record [filed a mortgage in the Registry of Deeds] NOTE: In nearly all cases, a document is deemed to be filed when it is actually received by the office to which it is directed. A few cases, however, have held that a document is filed upon the mailing of it. b : to place (as a document) on file among the records of an office esp. by formally receiving and endorsing [a complaint filed by the clerk despite the absence of the filing fee] 2 : to return (the documentation in a case) to the records of a clerk of court without any determination of the case ;broadly : to conclude (a case) without a determination on its merits 3 : to initiate (a judicial...


File

File, a thread, string, or wire, upon which writs and other exhibits in courts or offices are fastened or filed, for the more sae keeping of, and ready reference to, the same; also, to deposit at an office.A court's complete and official record of a case; a lawyer's complete record of a case. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 642....


filing

filing 1 : an act or instance of filing something 2 : a document filed ...


married filing separately

married filing separately The filing status used by a couple that is married at the end of the year and chooses to file separate tax returns. ...


file wrapper

file wrapper : a written record in a patent office of the application and negotiations for a patent preceding the issuance of the patent see also file wrapper estoppel at estoppel ...


married filing jointly

married filing jointly A filing status used by a couple that is married at the end of the tax year and uses one tax return. ...


Filing

A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing as iron filings...


object file

A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler but not yet linked into an executable program sometimes called an obj file because its file name typically has the extension ldquoobjrdquo...


E-filing Administrator

E-filing Administrator, means an officer not below the rank of Commissioner of Income Tax designated by the Board for the purpose of administration of this Scheme. [Electronic Filing of Returns of Tax Collected at Source Scheme, 2005, section 2(5)]...


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