Synonym: legal proceeding, proceedings. Similar words: proceed, succeed in, processing, speeding, process, procedure, processor, due process. Meaning: [prə'sɪːdɪŋ] n. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
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31. My wooing of Agnes was proceeding apace.
32. The registration of a notice is a friendly proceeding carried out, in general, with the co-operation of the registered proprietor.
33. Work is now proceeding within the United Nations to secure further action, most notably perhaps the oil embargo.
34. Meanwhile, unlike many bogged-down projects around the globe, the work at Cusiana has been proceeding nonstop.
35. Before proceeding further it would perhaps be as well to dispel one or two myths.
36. A second ballot, on proceeding with a detailed prospectus, is likely to follow.
37. Will the court prevent an appointing authority from making an appointment because one of the parties objects to the reference proceeding?
38. This decision cleared the way for the budget committee to begin proceeding with the proposed supplementary budget.
39. Beach is scheduled to appear next month before a general court-martial, the most serious criminal proceeding in the military.
40. Footsteps are heard ascending the stairs to platform I passing clean through the locked barrier gates and proceeding along the platform.
41. Non-arts teachers are obliged to empathize the arts position - a less than satisfactory method of proceeding.
42. Instead of proceeding at his normal brisk trot,[http://sentencedict.com/proceeding.html] he lumbered up the step-ladder and heaved himself ponderously inside the machine's cabin.
43. Proceeding north along a plateau high above the eastern bank of the river, he had stumbled upon the Nez Perce.
44. Before proceeding with some of the answers, I should place those answers in the framework of my actual intentions.
45. There were unknown sounds of subhuman things proceeding relentlessly forward, stopping, retrenching, to proceed onward again.
46. He did this, presumably, to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution.
47. And they should be demanding that the rich world reduce barriers to imports from poor countries by proceeding with further trade liberalization.
48. But, proceeding further, I find Ruether's work to be less than satisfactory because muddled methodologically.
49. This proceeding ignored the current theory that intelligence was independent of social background.
50. He knew that the investigation into the deaths of the young boys was proceeding slowly but methodically, building up a picture.
51. Construction is proceeding despite an interim court order restraining the company from putting it into commission.
52. In all experiments on toroidal discharges neutrons have been observed in about the numbers to be expected if thermonuclear reactions were proceeding.
53. And yet inside, despite the saturated carpet and water still dripping from the ceiling, business was proceeding.
54. The ox walk involved each individual proceeding to the podium to cast a vote by taking agonizingly slow, inch-by-inch steps.
55. He seemed to lift himself from the ground, proceeding by leaps.
56. There comes a point when reminiscence is blocked, or when there is resistance to proceeding further.
57. In other respects, however, the implementation of the peace plan was proceeding well, according to the report.
58. Raskin was proceeding gingerly, aware that Macintosh was a sitting duck for cancellation.
59. At a third proceeding June 6, both sides again objected, and the judge ordered the news media excluded.
60. One way of understanding this is to view the discourse as proceeding by answering imagined and unspoken questions by the receiver.
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