transitive. To submit officially or formally, esp. in writing; to have (a protest, objection, statement, etc.) officially recorded; (hence more…

To enter among the rolls, i.e. upon the records of a court of justice.

spec. To place (a document) in a due manner among the records of a court or public office; esp. to file a bill (in Chancery), to file an information…

transitive (chiefly in passive). To file (a document, case, claim, etc.), esp. in a specified place or with a specified body.

transitive. To insert in a body of documents; to enrol or enter in the records of a court.

transitive. Law (chiefly Scottish). To lodge or deposit (a document) in a law court. Obsolete.