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Definition: Proceedings |
ProceedingsNoun1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. 2. A written account of what transpired at a meeting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "proceedings" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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General | Published volume transcribing the conference sessions in full. May or may not include details of discussion. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A publication or series containing the texts of conference papers communicated orally to a conference, society or institution and generally also reporting or transcribing discussions arising from the papers and business transacted in connexion with them. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | The term proceedings is broader than the term action, yet in the mining law it is used in the sense of action and refers to the commencement of an action. It is used to enable a party to institute such proceedings under the different forms of actions allowed by the State and Federal courts. (references) |
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Synonyms: ProceedingsSynonyms: judicial proceeding (n), legal proceeding (n), minutes (n), proceeding (n), transactions (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Record | Archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics; compte rendu; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle,annals, legend; history, biography; Congressional Records. |
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 | Pl. LXV. 233, 233A. Cyttus hololepis, Goode and Bean. In N. Lat. 20.3, W. Lon. 87.1, in 220 fathoms. 234. Diretmus argenteus, Johnson. From Johnson, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 235. Antigonia capros, Lowe. From Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Halftone reproduction of a Civil War era print, copied from the "U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings", December 1926. USS Rhode Island is standing by in the background, as a boat removes crewmen from the sinking Monitor. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Halftone of a sketch, probably by Shizuo Fukui, printed in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings during the 1950s. Credit: NAVY. |  | Center of action in "The Night before Christmas," opening Thursday. Forrest Orr, George Matthews, Louis Sorin and Phyllis Brooks are involved in the daffy proceedings. The comedy, by Laura and S.J. Perelman, is concerned with larceny. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Alexander Hamilton | In all legislative assemblies, the greater the number composing them may be, the fewer will be the men who will in fact direct their proceedings. |
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US Constitution | 1791 | Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It is the essential criterion of appellate jurisdiction, that it revises and corrects the proceedings in a cause already instituted, and does not create that cause. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Tribunal may award to one of the parties a sum in respect of the expenses of the proceedings. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | 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. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | It was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The Division continues to work with OSHI's Cancer Liaison Staff to assure full inclusion of patient representatives in all advisory committee proceedings. (references) | |
In the June 1996 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , Gustafsson characterized two estrogen receptors, ER* and ER. Binding to the ER is critical to the expression of genes that contribute to normal ovarian function. (references) | ||
Business | The PGR has begun formal legal proceedings only in three of the seven cases. (references) | |
The proceedings of the center may be in Arabic or in any other language selected by the parties. (references) | ||
This provision has been used to keep proceedings closed to the public and, in some cases, even family members in sensitive cases. (references) | ||
Children | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The Domestic Violence Summary Proceedings Act provides a limited legal framework for the protection of children. (references) |
Ireland | The Status of Children Act provides for equal rights for children in all legal proceedings. (references) | |
Belgium | Children have the right to a voice in court cases that affect them, such as divorce proceedings. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | Both the board's proceedings and the police's exercise of power are subject to judicial review. (references) |
Venezuela | Fernando Egaa, former director of the Government's Central Information Office, stated that the criticism against Globovisin was not "isolated nor a specific instance; it forms part of a permanent and systematic campaign of intimidation against the media." On October 18, Conatel announced that it was opening administrative proceedings against Globovisin to determine if the station had violated broadcast content regulations. (references) | |
Sweden | In 1998 the Government stated that homosexual Iranians who openly manifest their homosexuality could run the risk of judicial proceedings or persecution in their native country, thereby justifying a fear of persecution. (references) | |
Discrimination | Maldives | Women traditionally have been disadvantaged, particularly in terms of the application of Shari'a, in matters such as divorce, education, inheritance, and testimony in legal proceedings. (references) |
Economic History | Costa Rica | Arbitration has long been possible under the Civil and Commercial Codes, but U.S. investors have experienced mixed results from proceedings organized by local attorneys. (references) |
Moldova | A licensed lawyer can provide all legal services, except representation in criminal proceedings, which is permitted only to sworn solicitors. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sierra Leone | Although often there are lengthy delays between arrests, the imposition of charges, and judicial proceedings, trials are usually free and fair. (references) |
Singapore | In 1997 and 1999, the Government permitted both Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) to observe legal proceedings against two opposition politicians. (references) | |
Slovenia | Constitutional provisions include equality before the law, presumption of innocence, due process, open court proceedings, the right of appeal, and a prohibition against double jeopardy. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Mexico | The revised bill also dropped the original bill's reference to indigenous communities as "legal public entities," diluted the COCOPA bill's recognition of indigenous rights in judicial proceedings, and reduced the extent of indigenous control over natural resources. (references) |
Bangladesh | Court proceedings continued during the year. (references) | |
Minorities | Somalia | In most areas, members of groups other than the predominant clan are excluded from effective participation in governing institutions and are subject to discrimination in employment, judicial proceedings, and access to public services. (references) |
Political Economy | Guatemala | However, legal proceedings against the perpetrators of the massacre continued to languish in the courts. (references) |
Singapore | Government leaders historically have utilized court proceedings, in particular defamation suits, against political opponents and critics. (references) | |
Libya | Qadhafi uses summary judicial proceedings to suppress domestic opposition. (references) | |
Political Rights | Peru | In September another congressional committee initiated proceedings to charge several ministers of Fujimori's administration with treason for endorsing various secret resolutions under which substandard arms were purchased, although the ministers otherwise appeared to have had no vote in the acquisitions and not to have personally benefited. (references) |
Zambia | M.P.'s also initiated impeachment proceedings against the President. (references) | |
Burma | The junta handpicked most delegates, and carefully orchestrated the proceedings. (references) | |
Trade | Costa Rica | Criminal proceedings continue against members of the bank's board and management. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | These acts cover commercial law, law of commercial companies and economic interest groups, organization of securities, bankruptcy proceedings, the discharge of liabilities, law of debt collection, and accounting and arbitration. (references) | |
Croatia | If at any time potential losses are estimated to be larger than the bank's liable capital, the CNB can impose an administrator or initiate bankruptcy proceedings. (references) | |
Women | Cambodia | In practice women have equal property rights with men, have the same status in bringing divorce proceedings, and have equal access to education and some jobs. (references) |
Qatar | Women may attend court proceedings but generally are represented by a male relative; however, women may represent themselves. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | The courts and police view domestic violence as a family problem unless serious bodily harm is inflicted, or the victim lodges a complaint, in which case they may initiate criminal proceedings. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | Eleven law enforcement officers were accused in 1999 and 2000 of preparing fraudulent documentation for trafficked women, and criminal proceedings were instituted against three of the accused officers. (references) |
Turkey | Unions must obtain official permission to hold meetings or rallies and must allow police to attend their conventions and record the proceedings. (references) | |
Kyrgyz Republic | The results of the proceedings remained unknown, although there was no evidence that the officers ever were tried. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CARMELITE, n. A mendicant friar of the order of Mount Carmel. As Death was a-rising out one day, Across Mount Camel he took his way, Where he met a mendicant monk, Some three or four quarters drunk, With a holy leer and a pious grin, Ragged and fat and as saucy as sin, Who held out his hands and cried: "Give, give in Charity's name, I pray. Give in the name of the Church. O give, Give that her holy sons may live!" And Death replied, Smiling long and wide: "I'll give, holy father, I'll give thee -- a ride." With a rattle and bang Of his bones, he sprang From his famous Pale Horse, with his spear; By the neck and the foot Seized the fellow, and put Him astride with his face to the rear. The Monarch laughed loud with a sound that fell Like clods on the coffin's sounding shell: "Ho, ho! A beggar on horseback, they say, Will ride to the devil!" -- and thump Fell the flat of his dart on the rump Of the charger, which galloped away. Faster and faster and faster it flew, Till the rocks and the flocks and the trees that grew By the road were dim and blended and blue To the wild, wild eyes Of the rider -- in size Resembling a couple of blackberry pies. Death laughed again, as a tomb might laugh At a burial service spoiled, And the mourners' intentions foiled By the body erecting Its head and objecting To further proceedings in its behalf. Many a year and many a day Have passed since these events away. The monk has long been a dusty corse, And Death has never recovered his horse. For the friar got hold of its tail, And steered it within the pale Of the monastery gray, Where the beast was stabled and fed With barley and oil and bread Till fatter it grew than the fattest friar, And so in due course was appointed Prior. G.J. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Clinton did launch missiles at aspirin factories and empty terrorist camps during the Monica Lewinsky grand jury proceedings, but the goal there was to distract the people's attention from Monica Lewinsky's testimony, not to get bin Laden. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | I shall think it my duty to lay before you the proceedings and the evidence publicly exhibited on the arraignment of the principal offenders before the circuit court of Virginia. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | A final report of their proceedings shall be communicated to Congress as soon as it is received. |
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| "Proceedings" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.67% of the time. "Proceedings" is used about 4,243 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.67% | 4,229 | 2,324 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.33% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,243 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "proceedings": affiliation proceedings ♦ bankruptcy proceedings ♦ committal proceedings ♦ court proceedings for issue of arrest warrant ♦ criminal proceedings ♦ institute legal proceedings ♦ institute legal proceedings against ♦ judicial proceedings ♦ legal administration response in civil proceedings message ♦ legal proceedings ♦ preliminary proceedings ♦ proceedings of a society ♦ request for legal administration action in civil proceedings message ♦ stay of proceedings ♦ summary proceedings ♦ take proceedings against. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "proceedings": cross-proceedings. | |
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| Language | Translations for "proceedings"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | punim (output, project, transaction), seancë (meeting, session, sitting), mbledhje (accumulation, addition, assemblage, assembly, clearing, collection, congregation, contraction, convocation, council, erection, furl, gathering, Ingathering, meeting, muster, picking, rally, reaping, retraction, round up, session, shrinkage, sitting, squat, summation, turn out), masa (arrangement, provision), diskutime, debat (controversy, debate, disputation, dispute, eristic, hassle), ceremoni (ceremonial, ceremony, circumstance, exercises, function, rite), akt (act, action, certificate, diploma, document, doing, fact, turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقاضاة (bringing suit, prosecution, suing), محضر (maker, preparator, record, report), متابعة (chase, continuation, follow up, prosecution, pursuance, pursuit, suit, trailing), المناورات, التصرف, العمليات, احداث, إجتماع (assembly, congress, convention, forum, gathering, grouping, huddle, meet, meeting, muster, powwow, seance), إجراءات (procedure, steps). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съдебно преследване (judicial proceeding, prosecution), съдебна процедура (law, pleadings), разисквания, работа (affair, avocation, berth, billet, business, char, concern, dealings, do, employ, employment, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, lay, line, matter, occasions, occupation, operation, part, performance, place, ploy, proposition, run, running, service, shebang, shop, show, situation, thing, undertaking, work, working, workmanship), заседание (audience, meeting, session, sitting), бюлетин (bill, bulletin, report), протоколи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 行动 (Act, ACT++, Acted, Acting, ACTS, Back-acting, motion, Motioned, Motioning, moved, Moving, Proceeding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | soudní řízení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | moedeberetning (transactions), mødeprotokol, kongresberetning (transactions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proceedings, procedure (procedure), Handelingen, dagvaarding (summons), congresverhandelingen (transactions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syyte (action, indictment, prosecution), kongressijulkaisu (transactions), konferenssijulkaisu (transactions), haaste (challenge, summons, writ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | procédures, débats, compte rendu (progress report). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fortschritte (progresses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρακτικά (in practice, minutes, practically, record). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ"לך "ע י ים, פרוטוקול (protocol, record, transaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eljárás (a, acting, behavior, behaviour, method, mode, move, proceeding, process, step, treatment, way), jegyzőkönyv (minutes, record, report). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rendiconti (transactions), procedimento (action, course, lawsuit, policy, process, suit, trial), atti (acts, bundle, enactments of the Government, transactions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 議事 , 会議録 (minutes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎじ (character of questionable form, false, mock, pseudo, quasi, questionable word, sham, suspected), かいぎろく (minutes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 차 (Procedure, Proceeding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | immeeaghtyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oceedingspray procedimento (behavior, behaviour, carriage, conduct, dealing, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, procedure, proceeding, process, walking), notificação (aviso, communication, denunciation, monition, summons, walking papers), livro de actas, citação (adduction, arraignment, citation, commonplace, cross-reference, excerption, intimation, mention, monition, notification, quotation, quote, reference, subpoena, summons, writ). (various references) procedurã legalã (legal proceedings), suspendare a instanţei (stay of proceedings). (various references) судопроизводство. (various references) protokol (kalends, protocol), zapisnik (kalends, minute book, minutes, record). (various references) actas (transactions). (various references) protokoll (minutes, protocol, score, scorecard), stämning (atmosphere, citation, mood, pitch, plaint, sense, sentiment, subpoena, summons, temper, tone, writ), konferenspublikation (transactions), åtal (accusal, accusation, impeachment, indictment, prosecution). (various references) tutanaklar (memoirs), takibat, kovuşturma (prosecution), dava işlemleri. (various references) судочинство (judicature, jurisdiction, lawsuit, procedure, process), судова справа (case, cause), робота (action, business, job, labor, labour, occupation, operation, performance, work, working), наукові записки, праця (employment, job, labor, labour, occupation, service, work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Proceedings" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: poceeding, procedeing, proceding, proceedign, proceedng, prooceding. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "proceedings" (pronounced prōsē"dingz or prusē"dingz) |
| 5 | -ē" d i ng z | feedings, pleadings. |
| 4 | -d i ng z | beheadings, boardings, buildings, endings, findings, headings, holdings, landholdings, landings, loadings, misunderstandings, moldings, mouldings, puddings, readings, recordings, ridings, shadings, shipbuildings, soundings, standings, surroundings, tidings, understandings, weddings. |
| 3 | -i ng z | bearings, beatings, beginnings, beings, belongings, Billings, blessings, bombings, bookings, borrowings, briefings, burnings, bushings, carjackings, carvings, casings, castings, ceilings, clippings, closings, coatings, comings, couplings, coverings, cowlings, cravings, crossings, cuttings, darlings, dealings, doings, drawings, dressings, droppings, drownings, ducklings, dumplings, dwellings, earnings, earrings, earthlings, engravings, etchings, evenings, everlastings, facings, failings, fastenings, feelings, fightings, filings, fillings, financings, firings, fittings, fixings, flavorings, followings, forgings, frostings, furnishings, gatherings, goings, greetings, groupings, hangings, happenings, hearings, helpings, herrings, hijackings, housings, hustings, innings, killings, lashings, leanings, leavings, leggings, lemmings, lightnings, linings, listings, livings, lodgings, longings, lynchings, mailings, makings, marketings, markings, meanings, meetings, misgivings, moorings, mornings, muggings, musings, nestlings, nothings, offerings, openings, outings, paintings, pickings, pilings, plantings, poisonings, postings, posturings, printings, publishings, railings, rankings, ratings, rehearings, riggings, Rollings, rulings, rumblings, runnings, samplings, saplings, savings, sayings, schillings, scrapings, screenings, seasonings, seatings, seedlings, servings, settings, shavings, shillings, shootings, shortcomings, showings, siblings, sightings, skillings, slayings, spellings, stabbings, stockings, sufferings, tailings, takings, teachings, toppings, trappings, trimmings, underlings, underpinnings, undertakings, uprisings, vikings, wanderings, warnings, whitings, winnings, workings, writings, wrongdoings, yearlings, yearnings. |
| 5 | -ē" d i ng z | feedings, pleadings. |
| 4 | -d i ng z | beheadings, boardings, buildings, endings, findings, headings, holdings, landholdings, landings, loadings, misunderstandings, moldings, mouldings, puddings, readings, recordings, ridings, shadings, shipbuildings, soundings, standings, surroundings, tidings, understandings, weddings. |
| 3 | -i ng z | bearings, beatings, beginnings, beings, belongings, Billings, blessings, bombings, bookings, borrowings, briefings, burnings, bushings, carjackings, carvings, casings, castings, ceilings, clippings, closings, coatings, comings, couplings, coverings, cowlings, cravings, crossings, cuttings, darlings, dealings, doings, drawings, dressings, droppings, drownings, ducklings, dumplings, dwellings, earnings, earrings, earthlings, engravings, etchings, evenings, everlastings, facings, failings, fastenings, feelings, fightings, filings, fillings, financings, firings, fittings, fixings, flavorings, followings, forgings, frostings, furnishings, gatherings, goings, greetings, groupings, hangings, happenings, hearings, helpings, herrings, hijackings, housings, hustings, innings, killings, lashings, leanings, leavings, leggings, lemmings, lightnings, linings, listings, livings, lodgings, longings, lynchings, mailings, makings, marketings, markings, meanings, meetings, misgivings, moorings, mornings, muggings, musings, nestlings, nothings, offerings, openings, outings, paintings, pickings, pilings, plantings, poisonings, postings, posturings, printings, publishings, railings, rankings, ratings, rehearings, riggings, Rollings, rulings, rumblings, runnings, samplings, saplings, savings, sayings, schillings, scrapings, screenings, seasonings, seatings, seedlings, servings, settings, shavings, shillings, shootings, shortcomings, showings, siblings, sightings, skillings, slayings, spellings, stabbings, stockings, sufferings, tailings, takings, teachings, toppings, trappings, trimmings, underlings, underpinnings, undertakings, uprisings, vikings, wanderings, warnings, whitings, winnings, workings, writings, wrongdoings, yearlings, yearnings. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-g-i-n-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: necropsied, proceeding, recognised. | |
-2 letters: congeries, conspired, crispened, endoergic, genocides, incorpsed, pedogenic, preceding, precoding, progenies, recognise, screeding. | |
-3 letters: censored, codeines, codesign, cognised, consider, conspire, cordings, coreigns, cosigned, cosigner, creeping, deposing, designer, encoders, energids, epigones, eringoes, erogenic, generics, genocide, geodesic, incorpse, indorsee, isoprene, necrosed, negroids, percoids, perigons, pioneers, precised, precodes, prescind, prisoned, proceeds, receding, recoding. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-g-i-n-o-p-r-s" | |
+2 letters: decompressing. | |
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