legalfiles

noun
UK /ˈliːɡəl faɪlz/
US /ˈliːɡəl faɪlz/

Papers and computer files that lawyers keep about a case.

The lawyer opened the legalfiles to find the missing contract.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A collection of documents stored together for a legal matter.

She organized the legalfiles by date before the hearing.

3. Computer records kept by a law office.

The legalfiles were backed up on a secure server.

4. Official papers that prove something in law.

He needed the legalfiles to show the house belonged to him.