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Proceeding

Proceeding Meaning & Definition
Proceeding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Proceeding?

[n] (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

Synonyms | Synonyms for Proceeding: legal proceeding | proceedings

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See Also | action | action at law | adoption | appeal | bankruptcy | case | causa | cause | due process | due process of law | foreclosure | hearing | intervention | judicial proceeding | lawsuit | legal action | litigation | naturalisation | naturalization | procedure | receivership | review | suit | trial

Proceeding In Webster's Dictionary

\Pro*ceed"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding. The proceedings of the high commission. --Macaulay. 2. pl. (Law) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. --Blackstone. {Proceedings of a society}, the published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings. Syn: Procedure; measure; step, See {Transaction}.

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