proceeding

verbo

1. 1

   También una forma de proceedpresent participle and gerund of proceed

sustantivo

1. 1

   The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.

2. 2

   An event or happening; something that happens.

   I had a grandstand view of the proceedings.

   He had often painted himself at a mirror, a tortuous and fascinating proceeding, as every artist knows, and had been forced to admire the way in which he was made.

3. 3

   A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.

4. 4

   Progress or movement from one thing to another.

   I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.

5. 5

   A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.

   an illegal proceeding

   a cautious or a violent proceeding

   The proceedings of the high commission.

6. 6

   Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.

   December 7 2016, Kelly Phillips Erb writing in Forbes, House Says No To Renewed Efforts To Impeach IRS Commissioner Since impeachment is a legal proceeding, while anyone can make a motion to start the process, the Judiciary Committee determines whether there are sufficient grounds for impeachment.

Formas

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proceedings