proceeding

  • 21proceeding supplementary to execution — See supplementary proceeding …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 22proceeding — Synonyms and related words: MO, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accounts, achievement, act, acta, action, actions, activity, acts, address, advancing, adventure, affair, affairs, affectation, air, algorithm, annals, approach, archives, attack …

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  • 23proceeding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. action, progress, move, measure, step, procedure. See occurrence, lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) n. [ Often plural ] Syn. process, transaction, deed, experiment, performance, measure, step, course,… …

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  • 24proceeding — [[t]prəsi͟ːdɪŋ[/t]] proceedings 1) N COUNT: usu pl Legal proceedings are legal action taken against someone. [FORMAL] ...criminal proceedings against the former prime minister... The Council had brought proceedings to stop the store from trading… …

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  • 25proceeding — pro ceed·ing || prÉ™ sɪːdɪŋ n. routine, protocol; action, event; claim, demand (Law); move, step (Law) pro·ceed || prÉ™ sɪːd v. continue, carry on; advance, progress, move forward …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26proceeding — n. Act, deed, transaction, action, measure, performance, step, procedure, course …

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  • 27proceeding — n 1. step, measure, move, maneuver; act, deed, doing; operation, process, course or mode of action. 2. procedure. See procedure(def. 1). 3. proceedings the record, records, minutes, transactions, Acta; affairs, matters, concerns, dealings, doings …

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  • 28proceeding — pro•ceed•ing [[t]prəˈsi dɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) a particular action, or course or manner of action 2) cvb proceedings, a series of activities or events; happenings 3) proceedings, a record of the business discussed at a meeting of an academic society or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29proceeding — /prəˈsidɪŋ / (say pruh seeding) noun 1. a particular action or course of action. 2. action, course of action, or conduct. 3. the act of someone or something that proceeds. 4. (plural) records of the doings of a society. 5. Law a. the instituting… …

  • 30vexatious proceeding — Proceeding instituted maliciously and without probable cause. Paramount Pictures v. Blumenthal, 256 App.Div. 756, 11 N.Y.S.2d 768, 772. Type of malicious prosecution differing principally because based on civil action exists when the party… …

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