\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.