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Common collocations with proceedings in American Collocation

proceedings noun plural

US /prəˈsidɪŋz/

civil
court
criminal
disciplinary
judicial
legal

Legal proceedings may be the only method of resolving some disputes.

adoption
arbitration
bankruptcy
defamation
disqualification
divorce
extradition
impeachment
infringement
insolvency
libel

Can I commence divorce proceedings straight away?

start proceedings

bring
commence
initiate
instigate
institute
issue
start

The Attorney-General instituted proceedings against the Editor of that newspaper.

stop or delay proceedings

adjourn
delay
discontinue
disrupt
halt
interrupt
terminate

The proceedings were formally discontinued at Camberwell Youth Court on 29 July 1993.