FILING

Filing

In law, filing is the act of submitting a document to the clerk of a court for the court's immediate consideration and for storage in the court's files. Courts will not consider motions unless an appropriate memorandum or brief is filed before the appropriate deadline. Usually a filing fee is paid which is part of court costs.

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filing

Noun

  1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
    The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
  2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

Verb

filing



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