proceedings

proceedings
index affairs, case (lawsuit), cause (lawsuit), dealings, matter (case), record, register, strategy

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • proceedings — pro‧ceed‧ings [prəˈsiːdɪŋz] noun [plural] LAW actions taken in a law court or legal case: • The company s creditors asked an Ontario court to begin formal proceedings against the company. ˈbankruptcy proˌceedings LAW FINANCE a legal case taken …   Financial and business terms

  • proceedings — records of the doings of a society, 1830, from PROCEEDING (Cf. proceeding) …   Etymology dictionary

  • proceedings — [n] account, report of event affairs, annals, archives, business, dealings, documents, doings*, matters, minutes, records, transactions; concept 271 …   New thesaurus

  • proceedings — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) an event or a series of activities with a set procedure. 2) Law action taken in a court to settle a dispute. 3) a report of a set of meetings or a conference …   English terms dictionary

  • Proceedings — For legal matters, see legal proceedings. For the USNI magazine, see Proceedings (magazine). In academia, proceedings are the collection of academic papers that are published in the context of an academic conference. They are usually distributed… …   Wikipedia

  • proceedings — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ court, criminal, judicial, legal ▪ bankruptcy, divorce, extradition, impeachment, libel ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • proceedings — n. (often legal) 1) to conduct; initiate, institute proceedings against (to initiate legal proceedings against a competitor) 2) judicial, legal proceedings 3) divorce proceedings (to institute divorce proceedings) * * * legal proceedings initiate …   Combinatory dictionary

  • proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings are underway Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on, doings 2) they published the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account, record(s); a …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • proceedings — noun (plural) 1 also proceeding (C) an event or series of actions, especially an unusual or annoying one: We watched the proceedings in the street from the window. 2 actions taken in a law court or in a legal case: Legal proceedings can be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on 2) the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

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