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PROCEEDINGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Synonyms:
legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("proceedings" is a kind of...):
due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proceedings"):
hearing ((law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence)
review ((law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court))
trial ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law)
naturalisation; naturalization (the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship)
judicial proceeding; litigation (a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights)
receivership (a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all)
bankruptcy (a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent)
appeal ((law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial)
adoption (a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit))
case; causa; cause; lawsuit; suit (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy)
action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)
procedure (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)
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)
Derivation:
proceed (follow a procedure or take a course)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A written account of what transpired at a meeting
Synonyms:
minutes; proceedings; transactions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("proceedings" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proceedings"):
Congressional Record (a published written account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress)
Hansard (the official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body; originally of the British Parliament)
Holonyms ("proceedings" is a part of...):
minute book (a book in which minutes have been written)
Context examples:
He glanced around as he spoke with the half-amused look which he had worn during the whole proceedings.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And I could not rid myself of it by any legal proceedings: for the doctors now discovered that my wife was mad—her excesses had prematurely developed the germs of insanity.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
To be a second time disappointed in the same way was an instance of very severe ill-luck; and his indignation was such, that had it not been for delicacy towards his friend, and his friend's youngest sister, he believed he should certainly attack the baronet on the absurdity of his proceedings, and argue him into a little more rationality.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The sanguine hope of good, however, which the benevolence of her heart suggested had not yet deserted her; she still expected that it would all end well, and that every morning would bring some letter, either from Lydia or her father, to explain their proceedings, and, perhaps, announce their marriage.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
During my first experiment, a kind of enthusiastic frenzy had blinded me to the horror of my employment; my mind was intently fixed on the consummation of my labour, and my eyes were shut to the horror of my proceedings.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
An acute observer might, however, have detected some signs of dissent amid the applause, and gathered that the proceedings were likely to become more lively than harmonious.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Was there anything about me which would reveal my proceedings in connexion with the Micawber family—all those pawnings, and sellings, and suppers—in spite of myself?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
On the contrary, her plans and proceedings were more and more justified and endeared to her by the general appearances of the next few days.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
But, fortunately, Musgrave, who had begun to appreciate the meaning of my proceedings, and who was now as excited as myself, took out his manuscript to check my calculation.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So to Baden I went, after dispatching to Holmes an account of all my proceedings and receiving in reply a telegram of half-humorous commendation.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
