Definition: 1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. 2. A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
Use 'proceedings' in a sentence:
1. He asked if he might conduct us to the ball which was to bring the proceedings to an end.
2. What legal proceedings will China pursue?
3. Terry Moffitt's paper on the link between childhood self-control and adults' status decades later is published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
4. It was left to Martina to add a breath of common sense to the proceedings.
5. He was released on bail pending committal proceedings.
6. He viewed the proceedings with doubt and alarm.
7. A study coming out in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science found that in most poor countries, higher temperatures are more than 90% likely to have resulted in a fall in economic output, compared to a world without global warming.
8. The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years.
9. A note of discord surfaced during the proceedings.
10. A merry crowd of villagers watched the proceedings.
11. The commission's proceedings have been wrecked by tantrums and walkouts.
12. For me, the proceedings were not ending, but just beginning.
13. They are seeking permission to begin criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties.
14. The Council had brought proceedings to stop the store from trading on Sundays.
15. The proceedings of the enquiry will take place in private.
16. They may be ancient "beer-making tools", and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
17. You have more summary proceedings than in normal times.
18. The proceedings have now been adjourned until next week.
19. Act as agent ad litem or defense counsel in private prosecution proceedings.
20. Brigida had silently watched the proceedings, and could not open her eyes wide enough when she saw the enormous sausage.
21. We watched the proceedings from the balcony.
22. Tom's uneasiness grew more and more intense under the slow torture of these proceedings.
23. His comments injected a note of humour into the proceedings.
24. A 2018 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, for example, followed researchers in the Netherlands.
25. A new study, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences challenges the rosy picture.
26. Enthusiastic applause lent a sense of occasion to the proceedings.
27. They are beginning criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties.
28. My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous.
29. The court has yet to issue formal indictments, and the proceedings remain in the pre-trial phase.
30. You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.
31. Becky roused up from her lethargy of distress and showed good interest in the proceedings.
32. The Department of Transport is to publish the conference proceedings.
33. The proceedings of the inquiry will take place in private.
34. She was cited in the divorce proceedings.
35. Divorce proceedings started today.
36. The DOT is to publish the conference proceedings.
37. The company is in bankruptcy proceedings in the wake of a strike that began last spring.
38. The Mayor will open the proceedings at the City Hall tomorrow.
39. The ruling could clear the way for extradition proceedings.
40. The sad news cast a shadow over the proceedings.
41. He decided there was insufficient evidence to justify criminal proceedings.
42. Only a member of the Royal Society could read the paper about the proceedings, and about the session of the society for subsequent publication.
43. They have started legal proceedings against two publications which spoke of an affair.
44. The least experienced athletes had caused a great many false-starts through the day's proceedings.
