proceeding of• Furtherjudicialdirections in the proceedings of the litigation are expected in July.• The findings were published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.• This book is indeed the proceedings of one such conference, held in Prague in April 1997.• It is expected that a book will be published based on the proceedings of the seminar.• Publication of materialsreflecting on the proceedings of the House and its members.• The proceedings of the conference began each morning promptly at nine-thirty.• The proceedings of the House should not be used for that purpose.• The proceedings of the meeting are to be published by Critical Public Health.
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: when someone uses a court of law to deal with a legal case
verbs
take/bring proceedings
You may take proceedings to enforce payment.
begin/start proceedings (also institute proceedings formal)
They threatened to begin legal proceedings against him.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + proceedings
legal proceedings
He wanted to avoid the expense and trouble of legal proceedings.
criminal proceedings
One of the businessmen is facing criminal proceedings.
civil proceedings (=not relating to a criminal charge)
The couple say they will take civil proceedings against the medics for professional misconduct.
divorce proceedings
His wife had threatened to start divorce proceedings.
bankruptcy proceedings
She faced criminal charges in addition to bankruptcy proceedings.