PROCEEDINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proceedings mean? 

• PROCEEDINGS (noun)
  The noun PROCEEDINGS has 2 senses:

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

2. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

  Familiarity information: PROCEEDINGS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCEEDINGS (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 ("proceedings" 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 "proceedings"):

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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))

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

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)

procedure (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)

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

Derivation:

proceed (follow a procedure or take a course)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A written account of what transpired at a meeting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

minutes; proceedings; transactions

Hypernyms ("proceedings" is a kind of...):

written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)

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

Congressional Record (a published written account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress)

Hansard (the official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body; originally of the British Parliament)

Holonyms ("proceedings" is a part of...):

minute book (a book in which minutes have been written)

 Context examples 

He came down by yesterday's coach, and was with me this morning immediately after breakfast, to report his proceedings, first on my affairs, and then on his own.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“I beg to lodge a formal protest against these proceedings,” said he.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I would only observe that there is a certain method in the gentleman’s eccentric proceedings.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A council was now held by the whole tribe squatting in a circle, whilst we sat near on a slab of basalt and watched their proceedings.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This closed the proceedings of the evening.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Slowly and solemnly he was borne into Briony Lodge and laid out in the principal room, while I still observed the proceedings from my post by the window.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Out of gratitude for the favours you have done me, I procured information of the whole proceedings, and a copy of the articles; wherein I venture my head for your service.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The proceedings against the page broke down for want of evidence, and the Brook Street Mystery, as it was called, has never until now been fully dealt with in any public print.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mycroft Holmes and Lestrade had come round by appointment after breakfast next day and Sherlock Holmes had recounted to them our proceedings of the day before.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names, it was Catherine's employment to watch the proceedings of these alarming young men.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)