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[ verb ] (law) register in a public office or in a court of law
Synonyms Examples "file for divorce" "file a complaint" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Mayor_William_B._Hartsfield filed suit for divorce from his wife , Pearl_Williams_Hartsfield , in Fulton_Superior_Court Friday . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)Information , application_forms , and assistance in filing may be obtained from the Office_of_Minerals_Exploration , U.S._Department_of_the_Interior , Washington 25 , D.C. , or from the appropriate regional office listed below : |
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[ noun ] a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
Synonyms Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)But since 1927 , researchers digging_into ancient court records and legal files have been able to find illuminating pieces of information . (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)An exhaustive survey was made of the literature , and a primary reference file of approximately 600 references was catalogued . (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)Petitioner was not denied due_process in the administrative proceedings , because the statement in_question was in his file , to which he had access , and he had opportunities to rebut it both before the hearing_officer of the Department_of_Justice and before the appeal_board . Its ground for this recommendation was that , while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17 , 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ) , that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching , the headquarters of the Jehovah's_Witnesses reported that he was no_longer doing so and , on_the_contrary , had relinquished both his Pioneer_and_Bible_Student_Servant positions . Upon return of the file to the local board , petitioner was again ordered to report for induction and this prosecution followed his failure to do so . Related terms |
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[ verb ] smooth with a file
Examples "file one's fingernails" Used in print (Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard, "How to design your...)Remove all other loose pieces and file the edges of the basic frame smooth . Cut_off excess screw lengths and file flush with either frame or nut . Put a 2 - 56 roundhead screw into the hole , cut_off the excess threads and file flush with the underside of the bar . Tend to make this dimension slightly undersize so you can file the screw head to get exactly 1 4 '' tappet movement . To each tappet except 6 and 8 , solder a * * f piece of brass and file to the tapered shape shown in Figs .6 and 8 . |
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[ verb ] proceed in line
Examples "The students filed into the classroom" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Once four Tibetan monks , in their saffron robes , filed through the cafeteria line . ("National Affairs"...)Everybody else was allowed to file off the plane after it touched_down at El_Paso at 4 : 18 a. m. . |
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[ verb ] (law) file a formal charge against
Examples "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" Used in print (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)The suit was filed later in the day in Common Pleas Court 7 against the Hughes company and two bonding firms . (San Francisco Chronicle,...)The complaint on_which the warrant was issued was filed by Leo_Blaber , an attorney for the association . |
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[ noun ] a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
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[ noun ] office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
Synonyms Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)His files , desk , drafting_board and a high stool formed the only clean island in the chaos . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Following reaction the cells were scratched with a file and opened under a 20 % aqueous sodium_iodide solution . Related terms hand_tool flat_file round_file nailfile rasp rat-tail_file blunt_file taper_file haft |
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[ verb ] place in a container for keeping records
Synonyms Examples "File these bills, please" Used in print (Frank Lorimer, Demographic Information on...)The cards , filed by circonscription ( sub-chiefdom , or village ) , are kept in the headquarters of each territoire ( chiefdom ) . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19703
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