From pre- + filing.
prefiling (not comparable)
- Before filing
1986, Pat Dorff, File...Don't Pile[1], →ISBN, page 161:The prefiling box is a small box about the size of one in which 100 file folders are packed.
1995, Tax Management Portfolios - Issue 890[2], page 3406:No user fee is required to hold a prefiling conference.
2014, Turan Gonen, Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering[3], →ISBN:Once the prefiling process has been successfully complied, the applicant may submit a permit application for further FERC review.
