Filacer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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.