proceedings has definitions from the field of law
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[ noun ] (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

Used in print

(Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)

The Commission is authorized and directed to mail to each claimant in proceedings before the Commission notice of the provisions of_this subsection .

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

This brings us to the course of the proceedings in the District_Court .

(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

Petitioner was not denied due_process in the administrative proceedings , because the statement in_question was in his file , to which he had access , and he had opportunities to rebut it both before the hearing_officer of the Department_of_Justice and before the appeal_board .

Petitioner , who claims to be a conscientious_objector , contends that he was denied due_process , both in the proceedings before a hearing_officer of the Department_of_Justice and at trial .

Finally petitioner says that he was entitled to inspect the FBI report during the proceedings before the hearing_officer as_well as at the trial .

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[ noun ] a written account of what transpired at a meeting
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