filing rules
nounUK /ˈfaɪlɪŋ ruːlz/
US /ˈfaɪlɪŋ ruːlz/
Filing rules are the rules that tell you how to put papers in order so you can find them again.
The librarian taught us the filing rules so we could put the books back in the right place.
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2. The official instructions a court or office uses to decide how documents are named and stored.
The clerk checked the filing rules before submitting the case papers.
3. The standards a computer uses to arrange files in folders.
The new software follows simple filing rules to keep your photos tidy.
4. The way a person decides to group and label papers at home or work.
Her filing rules were easy: bills go in one box, letters in another.