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Term: filum
Definition: Filum is a Latin word that means "thread". In history, it was used to describe a thread or wire that held legal papers together to form a file. It was also used to describe an imaginary line in the middle of a stream or road. This line was called filum aquae and was used to divide the stream into two equal parts, with each side belonging to a different owner. Filum viae was the same concept, but for roads instead of streams. It was the boundary between landowners on each side of the road. Filum forestae was the border of a forest.