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PROCEEDING
proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
(noun) (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
proceeding
present participle of proceed
Noun
proceeding (plural proceedings)
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
An event or happening; something that happens
(always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
Progress or movement from one thing to another.
A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction
(legal) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
Synonyms
• procedure
• measure
• step
Anagrams
• prodigence
Source: Wiktionary
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)
Definition: 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.
PROCEED
Pro*ceed" v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] Etym: [F. procéder. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See Cede.]
1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. If thou proceed in this thy insolence. Shak.
2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun. I proceeded forth and came from God. John viii. 42. It proceeds from policy, not love. Shak.
4. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design. He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry. Locke.
5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.] He will, after his sour fashion, tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. Shak.
6. To have application or effect; to operate. This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence. Ayliffe.
7. (Law)
Definition: To begin and carry on a legal process.
Syn.
– To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.
Pro"ceed n.
Definition: See Proceeds. [Obs.] Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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