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.