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noun(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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nouna written account of what transpired at a meeting
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Definition that contains proceedings
- party a person involved in legal proceedings
- action institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- process institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- sue institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- procedure a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
- review (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- prosecution the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
- intervention (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
- foreclosure the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
- pretrial (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases