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Filacer
A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process
firework
A device for producing a striking display of light or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner as gunpowder sulphur metallic filings and...
Gantlet
A military punishment formerly in use wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another who struck him as he passed
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A word used as an entry point into an index which serves to identify files records texts or other data containing the key or some related word such as a synonym It is
Libellee
The party against whom a libel has been filed corresponding to defendant in a common law action
Limation
The act of filing or polishing
tariff
goods b : a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule 2 : a document filed with the appropriate government agency that sets forth the rates, charges, and other provisions pertaining to services furnished
summary distribution
summary distribution : an abridged form of administration allowing distribution of an estate after the filing of an inventory showing assets sufficient only to pay superior claims (as to family members claiming statutory shares) compare collection...
pleading
support of a plaintiff's claim for relief or a defendant's defense amended pleading : a pleading that is filed to replace an original pleading and that contains matters omitted from or not known at the time of
public record
officer or a government agency in the course of the performance of a duty b : a record filed in a public office NOTE: Public records are subject to inspection, examination, and copying by any member of
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