information on a computer that you store under a particular name:Ī list of all the files and folders on your hard diskĤ.

a box or piece of folded card in which you store loose papers:ģ. We will keep your details on file (=store them for later use).Ģ. The FBI keeps files on former White House employees. Mendoza read over the file on the murders. a set of papers, records etc that contain information about a particular person or subject file 1 /faɪl/ 'British English' 'American English' noun ġ.

tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition … Law dictionaryįile for - index petition Burton s Legal Thesaurus.

as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding filed a tax return a financing… … Law dictionary

ing vt 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.

| draw up a petition: Local residents have… … Longman dictionary of contemporary Englishįile - 1 vb filed, fil Petition - 1 noun (C) 1 a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something (+ against): They wanted me to sign a petition against experiments on animals.

) LEGAL an official… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English ) a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something: petition against: More than 300 villagers have signed a petition against the construction project. Petition - pe|ti|tion1 n 1.) a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something petition… … Dictionary of contemporary English Petition - I UK / US noun Word forms petition : singular petition plural petitions ** 1) a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something petition against: More than 300 villagers have signed a… … English dictionary documents kept for reference ♦ to place something on file to … Dictionary of banking and finance

Look in the file marked ‘Scottish sales’.

Put these letters in the customer file.

a cardboard holder for documents, which can fit in the drawer of a filing cabinet AmE) ▪ bankruptcy, divorce, habeas corpus (AmE) ▪ She filed a habeas corpus petition on Padilla s behalf … Collocations dictionaryįile - /faɪl/ noun 1. noun 1 document asking court for sth ADJECTIVE ▪ court (esp. ˈbankruptcy peˌtition LAW when a person or business that is owed money asks a… … Financial and business termsįile - File, v.

He will file the petition early next week.

Petition - pe‧ti‧tion noun LAW an official letter to a law court, asking for a legal case to be considered:

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