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filing status.Tax. One of the four categories under which a person files an income tax return. • Under federal law, the four categories are: (1) single; (2) head of household; (3) married filing a joint return; and (4) married filing separate returns. [Cases: Internal Revenue 3549, 4481.C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 335, 637.][Blacks Law 8th]

filing fee.A sum of money required to be paid to the court clerk before a proceeding can start. [Cases: Clerks of Courts 17, 47.][Blacks Law 8th]

filing date.See DATE.[Blacks Law 8th]

filing,n. A particular document (such as a pleading) in the file of a court clerk or record custodian <the lawyer argued that the plaintiff’s most recent filing was not germane to the issue before the court>. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 664; Pleading 331. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 570, 572, 574–576, 578.][Blacks Law 8th]

filicide (fil-i-sId).1. A person who kills his or her own child. 2. The act of killing one’s own child. Cf. INFANTICIDE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

filibuster (fil-<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s-t<<schwa>>r), n.1. A dilatory tactic, esp. prolonged and often irrelevant speechmaking, employed in an attempt to obstruct legislative action. • The filibuster is common in the U.S. Senate, where the right to debate is usu. unlimited and where a filibuster can be terminated only by a cloture vote of two-thirds of all members. 2.…

filiation order.See ORDER(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

filiation (fil-ee-ay-sh<<schwa>>n).1. The fact or condition of being a son or daughter; relationship of a child to a parent. • Despite Bentham’s protest (see below), filiation is usual in this sense. — Also termed filiality. “In English we have no word that will serve to express with propriety the person who bears the relation opposed…

filiated father.See FATHER.[Blacks Law 8th]

filiality. See FILIATION(1).[Blacks Law 8th]