† filace Law. Obs.
Also 5 filas, 6 fylas, 8 filaze.
[a. AF. filaz, ad. med.L. filacium, either f. L. fīlum thread, file n.2, or perh. shortened from late L. chartophylacium (ad. late Gr. χαρτοϕυλάκιον) place for keeping papers.]
= file n.2 3 b.
| [1292 Britton ii. xvii. §12 Et si le bref soit perdu ou remué maliciousement de filaz, adounc cesse le poer la Justice.] 1434 Proc. & Ordin. Priv. Council Eng. (1835) IV. 269 A cedule annexed to þe articles þat remayne in þe filas in þoffice of þ⊇ prive seal. a 1483 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 33 Other lettres and remembraunces be kept upon a filace. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII, c. 8 Yf the clerke of the petie bagge..wyll not receyve the same office..and putt yt on the fylas to remayne of recorde. 1537 in State Pap. (1834) II. 501 The fylaceis and recordes of the Chauncery. |
Hence † filace v. trans., to place on a file, to file.
| 1537 in State Papers (1834) II. 499 Before a bille of compleinte be exibytid and filaceid with the Master of the Rolles clerke. |