Any document required to be filed with a State or the FEC detailing financial activity.
Leaving documents - petition and accompanying documents, affidavits, notices of application etc with the Court Office for sealing, and subsequent service
The act of recording the various legal documents regarding a suit with the clerk of the court.
The act of placing a document on the public record in the County Clerk's Office. The original document remains "on file" in the office.
A document has been filed in the Court when the Clerk has actually received it and has stamped the date and time on the document.
the entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"
preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"
The delivery of real estate documents to a county recorder for recording.
Sending or delivering a document to an employer or a government agency as part of a legal process. The date of filing is the date the document is received.
In the UCC context, filing is the act of depositing in a public office a document, usually a financing statement, which gives legal notice of the secured financing transaction. In most secured transactions, filing is an essential step in the process of perfecting the security interest.
The process whereby documents are accepted by a court and often this is evidenced by the court stamping its seal on the filed document• Civil Courts• Divorce
Putting documents into their place in accordance with a plan, or filing system. See also ARRANGEMENT, FILE, RECORDS MAINTENANCE AND USE.
Giving court papers to the court clerk to place in the case file.
An electronic document submitted by the SEC to the EDGAR system.
giving the clerk of Court your legal papers.
Presenting the complaint with the court, thus initiating the divorce proceeding.
For statistical reporting purposes, the beginning of a court case by formal receipt by the court of a document alleging the facts and requesting relief.
In this context meaning filing with a Court; the delivery of legal documents to the Clerk of Courts or the proper officer with the intent that it be filed with Court.
Delivering a petition, response, motion or other pleading in a court case to the Clerk of the Court's office.
The commencement of criminal proceedings by entering a charging document into the official record of a court.
Lodging an application or other document at a court. This can be done in person or by mail.
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.