proceeding
- Noun:
- (Law) A legal action or process; a case brought before a court of law. This meaning specifically refers to the formal steps taken within the legal system to resolve a dispute or enforce a right.
- (Formal) A course of action; a way of proceeding or behaving. This refers to a manner or method of doing something.
- (Often plural: proceedings) A published record or minutes of the discussions or transactions of a meeting, conference, or learned society. This refers to the official written account of what was said and done.
- (Often plural: proceedings) An event or a series of activities happening, especially those of a formal or public nature. This refers to the happenings or events themselves.
Noun (Legal):
- The company initiated legal proceeding against the contractor for breach of agreement.
- A bankruptcy proceeding can be a complex and lengthy process.
Noun (Course of action):
- His cautious proceeding in the matter was widely admired. (This singular use is formal and less common).
Noun (Published record, usually plural):
- The conference proceedings will be available online next month.
- Her paper was published in the proceedings of the Royal Society.
Noun (Events/activities, usually plural):
- She found the proceedings of the award ceremony to be quite dull.
- The police were called to monitor the proceedings at the public demonstration.
"To institute proceedings (against someone)": To formally start a legal case against a person or organization.
- The victim decided to institute proceedings against the driver.
"Judicial proceeding": A specific term for any action, suit, or case brought before a court.
- The document is protected from disclosure in a judicial proceeding.
"As a proceeding in rem": A legal action directed against a piece of property rather than against a person.
- The seizure of the ship was handled as a proceeding in rem.
Proceed (verb): To begin or continue a course of action.
- Please proceed with your presentation.
Procedure (noun): An established or official way of doing something.
- What is the correct procedure for submitting an application?
- Legal action: lawsuit, case, suit, litigation.
- Course of action: process, method, conduct.
- Record: minutes, transactions, archives.
- Events: activities, happenings, affairs.
Stay of proceedings: A court order to temporarily stop a legal case from continuing.
- The judge granted a stay of proceedings to allow for further negotiation.
Collateral proceedings: Legal actions that are related to or arise from a main case.
- The issue was addressed in a collateral proceeding.
- "The proceedings got underway": The event or meeting began.
- After the keynote speech, the main conference proceedings got underway.
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(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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