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...

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...

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 ...

filing

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

case file

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

file sharing

file sharing ...

file wrapper estoppel

file wrapper estoppel see estoppel ...

rank and file

rank and file : the general membership of a union ...

main file

A file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent...

Court file

Court file, relating to the proceedings in the consistory court mean the totality of the documentation relating to a petition notwithstanding that for practical reasons some of the items may be kept in separate folders, Emmanuel Church (in re:), Bentley (Arches Ct), (2006) 2 WLR 1068 [Faculty Jurisdiction (Appeals) Rules, 19978, r. 7(7)(b)]...

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