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to deliver to the City Secretary for safekeeping as a public record of the City of Dallas.

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 together 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 on file. 13 Viner, Abr. 211; 1 Litt. 113; 1 Hawk. P. C. 7, 207, FILEINJAID (Brit.) A name given to villeins in the laws of Hoel Dda. Barr. Obs. St. 302.

To put upon the files, or deposit among the records of a court; to place in the official custody of the clerk.

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In practice. To put upon the iiles, or deposit in the custody or among the records of a court. © “Filing a bill” in equity is an equivalent expression to “commencing a suit.” “To file” a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in the official custody of the clerk. “To file,” on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern, 14 Tex. 339. The expressions “filing” and “entering of record” are not synonymous. They are nowhere so use, but always convey distinct ideas. “Filing” originally signified placing papers in order ona thread or wire for safe-keeping. In this country and at this day it means, agreeably to our practice, depositing them in due order in the proper office. Hatering of record uniformly implies writing. 2 Blackf. 247.

2 1. At common law, a thread, string or wire, upon which writs or other exhibits ai'e fastened for safe-keeping and ready reference.^ 3. To exhibit or present to a court in the regular way: as, to file a bill' in equity, a libel in admiralty or divorce, a petition, answer, exception, writ of error. Also, to leave a paper with an officer for action or preservation; and, to indorse a paper, as received into custody, and give it its place among other papers, — to file away. Files. Collections of papers, orderly arranged; also, papers under official custody. On file. Kept in an orderly collection; in its proper place. Filing a paper consists in placing it in the proper official custody, by the party charged with this duty, and the making of the proper indorsement by the officer.* A paper is filed when delivered to the proper officer, and by him received, to be kept on file.* 1 State V. Gladden, 73 N. C. 155 (1875); Tate v. State, 46 Ga. 148 (1872). " L. fllum, a thread. s [Gorham v. Summers, 25 Minn. 86 (1878); 27 id. 18, 23; 16 Ohio St. 548; 14 Tex. 339. 4 Phillips V. Beene, 38 Ala. 251 (1863). s Peterson v. Taylor, 15 Ga. 484 (1854); Powers v. An allegation that " no certificate has been filed " in the office of the register, is equivalent to " has not been left for record. " ' An affidavit of claim is " filed with " a declaration ■when both are filed at the same time. And thi s is not affected by their being detached, or by the place of deposit in the office. "^ See Lodoe, 1 (2). In modern practice, "the file" is the manner adopted for preserving papers; the mode is immateriaL Such papers as are not for transcription into records are folded sim Uarly, indorsed with a note or index of their contents, and tied up in a bundle — "a file."

Slle, fr. A daughter.

[L. Lat. filum, filacium.] In practice. A thread, string or wire, upon which writs and other exhibits in courts and offices, were formerly fastened, or filed for the more safe keeping of them together. Cowell. Spelman, voc. Filacium. The paper itself, or a number of papers so filed. Tomlins. A file is a record of the court. 1 Lill. 112. The papers filed appear to have been originally pierced through with (trajecta,) and strung upon the thread or wire employed, as is still sometimes done in offices. Spelman. They are now usually arranged in bundles, a thread or string being used on the outside to fasten them together. In modern practice, a file is a bundle of papers, each paper being similarly folded and endorsed, and tied together. The phraseology of the old practice however is still retained in the common expressions "to put on file," "to take off the files." See To File, Filum.

practice, a thread, a 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. The papers put together in order, in bundles and tied, are also called a file. A paper is said to be filed, when it is delivered to the proper officer, and by him received to be kept on file. 13 Vin. Ab. 211.