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US
/pɹəˈsidɪŋ, pɹoʊˈsidɪŋ/
]
[ UK /pɹəsˈiːdɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /pɹəsˈiːdɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
How To Use proceeding In A Sentence
- Choose a white form if you want to add a bit more light to proceedings but, in my humble opinion, speckled purple is the best. Times, Sunday Times
- All four men continue to deny any wrongdoing under the criminal and sporting proceedings. Times, Sunday Times
- Retirement would mean that he could not face disciplinary proceedings. Times, Sunday Times
- In other respects, however, the implementation of the peace plan was proceeding well, according to the report.
- You may not be able to hurry love, but it seems you can speed up divorce proceedings with the push of a button. Times, Sunday Times
- The consecutive statements, allegations, and counterallegations made in turn by plaintiff and defendant, or prosecutor and accused, in a legal proceeding.
- As with the Farrellys ' previous directorial outings, the plot is the least important aspect of the proceedings.
- He did in these extremities, as I conceive, most humbly recommend the direction of his judicial proceedings to the upright judge of judges, God Almighty; did submit himself to the conduct and guideship of the blessed Spirit in the hazard and perplexity of the definitive sentence, and, by this aleatory lot, did as it were implore and explore the divine decree of his goodwill and pleasure, instead of that which we call the final judgment of a court. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
- The parties may authorize one or two persons to participate in arbitration proceedings on their behalf.
- Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.