filing
- noun
- /ˈfaɪlɪŋ/
- Formal
- Her attorney submitted the important filing just before the deadline.
- filing fee
- filing date
- bankruptcy filing
Secondly, the EEC filings are not filed by AMD.
- Secondly, the EEC filings are not filed by AMD.
- They didn't talk about filing fees for the LLC.
- And it is all true documents gotten from SEC filings and investigations I've done.
- So let's start with the most straightforward, straight from the government easiest filing concept.
Examples
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Chapter 11 requires cash flow to pay the filing fee and to pay the lawyers.
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You see, Mr. Cranston, we penalize companies $200 a day for filing late.
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You signed that legal filing, correct?
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How may we meet your filing needs?
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I got a permit filing downtown.
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Can the court expect additional filings?
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I'm calling because we haven't received your response to our filing.
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"The university is reviewing the recent legal filing to determine if additional action is warranted."
Academic text (2017) -
The Illinois Supreme Court had been pondering standards for digital filing since the early 1990s.
Academic text (2011) -
In the twenty-first century, the transformative nature of electronic filing is often taken for granted.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
Official writing that shows a legal fact like a property deed
A document sent to someone for approval or review
Compounds
A tiny piece of iron that comes off metal when you scrape it, used to show how magnets work
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filing comes from the word file, which once meant a 'line' or group of papers kept together, and a helpful way to remember the legal use is that to file a document is to put it into that ordered group so it becomes part of the official record.