prefiling

Before filing

Adjective

  1. Before filing
    • The prefiling box is a small box about the size of one in which 100 file folders are packed. - 1986, Pat Dorff, File...Don't Pile, →ISBN, page 161:
    • No user fee is required to hold a prefiling conference. - 1995, Tax Management Portfolios - Issue 890, page 3406:
    • Once the prefiling process has been successfully complied, the applicant may submit a permit application for further FERC review. - 2014, Turan Gonen, Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering, →ISBN:

Origin

From pre- + filing.