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filing

  ('lĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act or an instance of using a file.
  2. A particle or shaving removed by a file: metal filings.

 
 

n

The act of using a file to shape or smooth an object, usually metal.

 

The depositing of documents with the court or with other public officials to become preserved as part of the official record. Often specific deadlines are imposed by which time the documents must be filed. Failure to meet the deadline may result in the imposition of late fees or may result in the document being excluded from consideration. Court documents must be served on the opposing party. See service. See also return [filing].

 
Word Tutor: filing
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IN BRIEF: n. - Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; The act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object); The entering of a legal document into the public record; A fragment rubbed off by the use of a file.

pronunciation I had to do a lot of filing when I worked in an office.

Tutor's tip: After "filing" (arranging in sequence) the papers and eating a "filling" (satisfying) lunch, they finished "filing" (scraping material with a file) the edge of the cabinet and "filling" (closing up) the holes with glue.

 
Wikipedia: filing (legal)

In law, filing is the act of submitting a document to the clerk of a court for the court's immediate consideration, for storage in the court's files, or both. Courts will not consider motions unless an appropriate memorandum or brief is filed before the appropriate deadline. Usually a filing fee is paid at the same time; such filing fees are one part of the variety of charges that are known as court costs.

Filing may also refer to submission of a form to a government agency, with or without an accompanying fee.

Filing fees are controversial because they impede access to justice. Although American litigants complain about fees all the time (for example, it costs $300 to file a document in court in Los Angeles), the American system is considered to be quite plaintiff-friendly by lawyers.

Many legal systems have filing fees for complaints that are proportional to the amount in controversy. That is, the bigger the damages, the bigger the fee!

Even when one seeks a waiver for grossly unfair fees, courts tend to waive only the amount in excess of the plaintiff's total assets, with the perverse result that just to initiate a meritorious case, an already severely injured or damaged plaintiff may have to go bankrupt.....


 
Translations: Translations for: Filings

Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - filspåner

Français (French)
n. pl. - limaille

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Späne

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - ρινίσματα, λιμαδούρα

Italiano (Italian)
limature, archiviazioni, schedature

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - limalha (f)

Русский (Russian)
металлические опилки

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - limaduras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - filspån

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
锉屑

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 銼屑

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 줄질, 줄 마무리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - やすり屑

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮גרודת, נשופת‬


 
 

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