File

Definition - Verb
1 a  : to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records esp. as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding <filed a tax return> <a financing statement filed with the Secretary of State> <filing a notice of appeal>
also
: See also record<filed a mortgage in the Registry of Deeds>
In nearly all cases, a document is deemed to be filed when it is actually received by the office to which it is directed. A few cases, however, have held that a document is filed upon the mailing of it.
b  : to place (as a document) on file among the records of an office esp. by formally receiving and endorsing <a complaint filed by the clerk despite the absence of the filing fee>
2  : to return (the documentation in a case) to the records of a clerk of court without any determination of the case
broadly
: to conclude (a case) without a determination on its merits
3  : to initiate (a judicial or administrative proceeding) by submitting the proper documents or following proper procedure
: See also bring<threatened to ~ charges> <two separate actions were filed by representatives of the estates ­J. H. Friedenthal et al.>
1  : to register as a candidate esp. in a primary election
2  : to place items in a file

Definition - Noun
: a collection of papers or publications usu. arranged or classified
specif
: the papers that make up the record of a case
: in or as if in a file for ready reference



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intrinsic fraud

fraud (as by the use of false or forged documents, false claims, or perjured testimony) that deceives the trier of fact and results in a judgment in favor of the party perpetrating the fraud


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