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Home Dictionary Name: file wrapperfile 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 ...
file wrapper estoppel
file wrapper estoppel see estoppel ...
estoppel
estoppel [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop ] 1 : a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another ;esp : equitable estoppel in this entry compare waiver equitable estoppel : an estoppel that prevents a person from adopting a new position that contradicts a previous position maintained by words, silence, or actions when allowing the new position to be adopted would unfairly harm another person who has relied on the previous position to his or her loss called also estoppel in pais NOTE: Traditionally equitable estoppel required that the original position was a misrepresentation which was being denied in the new position. Some jurisdictions retain the requirement of misrepresentation. estoppel by deed : an estoppel precluding a person from denying the truth of any matter that he or she asserted in a deed esp. regarding his or her title to the property compare after-acquired title a...
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...
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. ...
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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