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Verb: To deposit an instrument or document with a public officer at his office with the purpose of having him preserve the instrument or document as one of the records of his office. 45 Am J I si Reeds § 67. To place an instrument, document, even an
exhibit or small object, in a place of deposit, usually indexed or marked in a manner making location of the subject convenient. To receive an instrument or document officially, as where a clerk of court receives a pleading and notes the fact of the filing and the date thereof by way of an endorsement on the pleading. Meridian Nat. Bank v Hoyt & Bros. Co. 74 Miss 221, 21 So 12. Noun: A place where instruments, documents, exhibits, etc. are deposited and kept, preferably in covers so marked and tabbed that the subjects may be readily located.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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