Filacer \Fil"a*cer\, n. [OE. filace a file, or thread, on which
   the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. filasse
   tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. filum thread.] (Eng. Law)
   A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so
   called because he filed the writs on which he made out
   process. [Obs.] --Burrill.
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FILACER, FILAZIER, or FILZER, English law. An officer of the court of common 
pleas, so called because he files those writs on which he makes out process. 
FILE, practice. A thread, string, or wire, upon which writs and other 
exhibits in courts and offices are fastened or filed. for the more safe 
keeping and ready turning to the same. The papers put together in order, and 
tied in bundles, are also called a file. 
     2. A paper is said to be filed, when it is delivered to the proper 
officer, and by him received to be kept on file. 13 Vin. Ab. 211.