LEGAL PROCEEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legal proceeding mean? 

• LEGAL PROCEEDING (noun)
  The noun LEGAL PROCEEDING has 1 sense:

1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

  Familiarity information: LEGAL PROCEEDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGAL PROCEEDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings

Hypernyms ("legal proceeding" is a kind of...):

due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal proceeding"):

foreclosure (the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default)

intervention ((law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings)

procedure (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)

action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)

case; causa; cause; lawsuit; suit (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy)

adoption (a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit))

appeal ((law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial)

bankruptcy (a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent)

receivership (a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all)

judicial proceeding; litigation (a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights)

naturalisation; naturalization (the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship)

trial ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law)

review ((law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court))

hearing ((law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence)

 Context examples 

A family relation established by a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood.

(Adoptive Relative, NCI Thesaurus)

The final judgment in a legal proceeding.

(Adjudication, NCI Thesaurus)