proceedings
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7.5
- noun
- /prəˈsiːdɪŋz/
- Formal
:
procesos judiciales
- Tomorrow, we will resume with the civil proceedings.
- legal proceedings
- court proceedings
- initiate proceedings
I hope there are nonstop impeachment proceedings for these absolute conman criminals.
- I hope there are nonstop impeachment proceedings for these absolute conman criminals.
- Any special proceedings for like lunacy, anything like that.
- I don't want my divorce proceeding to bleed into this criminal proceeding.
- I had no clue that the court proceedings were going on.
- So now the case is going through all the court proceedings and appeals that go with a death sentence.
- His lawyer said that he was not waiving his right to extradition proceedings.
- Relationships are not meant to feel like legal proceedings, although many narcissistic relationships feel that way.
- And then the lender will go through the foreclosure proceedings, find a receiver and then go through receivership.
- So there's a, some sort of a proceeding that's going on right now.
- American citizens tried to use terrorism to stop a democratic proceeding they disliked.
- You're on a denied his response to us to call the proceedings a kangaroo court and walk out.
Examples
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If you do not make a payment on your mortgage this week, we will initiate foreclosure proceedings.
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During one of those calls, she told me about the divorce proceedings Tom had started.
Fiction book (1992) -
There will be no pictures taken during court proceedings.
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I had no clue that the court proceedings were going on.
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The proceedings begin with an oath.
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To top it all off, Diane had started divorce proceedings.
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There was nothing for Lucas to do but withdraw from the proceedings as best he could.
Fiction book (1997) -
Respondents in administrative proceedings do enjoy a significant advantage over those sued in federal court.
Academic text (2017) -
In 1793, Cabarrus initiated divorce proceedings against her husband and left Paris.
Academic text (2011) -
The judge ruled that the proceedings should continue without delay to ensure justice is served.
Synonyms
102
7.9
A set of actions in court to decide a legal dispute
12
4.8
A formal set of actions in court that a judge uses to decide a dispute
3
6.3
A court process to decide people's rights and duties
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
proceedings = proceeding (transparent) = proceed + ing + s
Forming the plural of the noun 'proceeding' is regular and straightforward.
Etymology
Proceedings comes from the same parts pro- 'forward' and -ceed, from the old Latin word cedere 'to go', so in law it means the steps or actions that 'move forward' in a case, the formal process a court follows.