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FILIAL CONSORTIUM
filial consortium.See CONSORTIUM.[Blacks Law 8th]
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filia (fil-ee-<<schwa>>), n.[Latin] A daughter. Pl. filiae.[Blacks Law 8th]
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file-wrapper estoppel.See prosecution-history estoppel under ESTOPPEL.[Blacks Law 8th]
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file-wrapper continuation application.1.CONTINUATION. 2.CONTINUATION-IN-PART T.[Blacks Law 8th]
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file-wrapper continuation.1.CONTINUATION. 2.CONTINUATION-IN-PART. — Abbr. FWC.[Blacks Law 8th]
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file wrapper.Patents & trademarks. The complete record of proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office from the initial application to the issued patent or registered trademark; specif., a patent or trademark application together with all documentation, correspondence, and any other record of proceedings before the PTO concerning that application. — Also termed file history; prosecution…
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filed-rate doctrine.A common-law rule forbidding a regulated entity, usu. a common carrier, to charge a rate other than the one on file with the appropriate federal regulatory authority, such as (formerly) the Interstate Commerce Commission. — Also termed filed-tariff doctrine. See TARIFF (3). [Cases: Carriers 189; Public Utilities 119.1. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace § 231;…
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file history.See FILE WRAPPER.[Blacks Law 8th]
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file,n.1. A court’s complete and official record of a case <the associate went to the courthouse to verify that the motion is in the file>.2. A lawyer’s complete record of a case <the paralegal stored the file in three drawers in her office>.3. A portion or section of a lawyer’s case record < the…
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file-transfer protocol.A set of programmed rules enabling computers to exchange files over the Internet. — Abbr. FTP.— Also termed file-transport protocol.[Blacks Law 8th]
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