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Definition of Proceedings
1. Noun. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
Specialized synonyms: Foreclosure, Intervention, Procedure, Action, Action At Law, Legal Action, Case, Causa, Cause, Lawsuit, Suit, Adoption, Appeal, Bankruptcy, Receivership, Judicial Proceeding, Litigation, Naturalisation, Naturalization, Trial, Review, Hearing
Generic synonyms: Due Process, Due Process Of Law
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Proceed, Proceed
2. Noun. A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
Generic synonyms: Written Account, Written Record
Group relationships: Minute Book
Specialized synonyms: Congressional Record, Hansard
Definition of Proceedings
1. Noun. (plural of proceeding) ¹
2. Noun. (legal pluralonly) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. (rfdate convert into real quote) Blackstone. ¹
3. Noun. (context: of a society) The published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings. ¹
4. Noun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proceedings
1. proceeding [n] - See also: proceeding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proceedings
Literary usage of Proceedings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Abstractsby American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"London, WC Proceedings Academy of Sciences of Amsterdam, m 17. ... Proceedings of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 20-25 nos. a year. 10. ..."
2. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"To hold that this right of appeal does not exist, would be to alter the •whole
character of the proceedings, and not merely to prevent an appeal from ..."
3. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"3, AN ACT to prescribe the mode in which the public acts, records, and judicial
proceedings, in each State, shall be authenticated so as to take effect in ..."
4. Oecd Economic Surveys: Mexico (2005)
"A3 Excessive use of "amparo"proceedings undermines the effectiveness of ...
Amparo proceedings have been used by debtors to delay judicial decisions in ..."
5. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"BRB Proceedings of the High School Conference of 1919. (University of Illinois
Bulletin Vol. XVII, No. 13) Urbana, Illinois, 1920. 313 pp. ..."
6. The Law of Receiverships: As Established and Applied in the United States by John Wilson Smith (1897)
"In many of the states the proceedings are less formal and less complicated than
under the original chancery practice under a creditor's bill. ..."
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