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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
n. A thread, string, or wire upon which writs and other exhibits in courts and offices are fastened or filed for the more safe-keeping and ready turning to the same. Spelman; Cowell; Tomlins, Papers put togither and tied in bundles. A paper is said also to be filed when it is delivered to the proper officer, and by him received to be kept Gwihle, 13 Vin. Abr 2h? Lith, 113; 1 Hawk. P, C.7, 207. But, in general, “file,” or “the files,” is used lousely to denote the official custody of the court or the place in the offices of a court where the records and papers are kept.