proceedings
Formal events underway
Proceedings are organized events or activities, especially formal ones: legal proceedings, divorce proceedings, congressional proceedings.
The word often refers to official records of what happened at a meeting or conference: The proceedings of the symposium will be published next month.
In legal contexts, proceedings are the steps taken in a court case or other official action.
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- transcriptVerbatim written account
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- archiveStored historical records
- chronicleOrdered historical record
register · logbook · annals · reports · memorandum · files · entries · registry
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
defendant · verdict · testimony · judgment · appeal · deposition · injunction · subpoena
Formal expert discussion meeting
- keynoteCentral theme or speech
- plenaryAbsolute and entire
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- panelDistinct flat section
seminar · colloquium · presentations · abstracts · agenda · session · papers · roundtable
Scheduled time for activity
- debateFormal argument on issues
- motionChange in position
- voteFormal choice expression
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
amendment · resolution · adjournment · speaker · floor · recess · filibuster · committee
Record of daily events
- volumeAmount of space filled
- editedAltered for improvement
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- monographSingle-topic scholarly work
paper · manuscript · citation · publisher · scholarly · academic · editor · contributor
minutes
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- transcriptVerbatim written account
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- archiveStored historical records
chronicle · register · logbook · annals · reports · memorandum · files · entries · registry · stenographer
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
plaintiff · defendant · verdict · testimony · judgment · appeal · deposition · injunction · subpoena · docket
symposium
Formal expert discussion meeting
panel · seminar · colloquium · presentations · abstracts · agenda · session · papers · roundtable · convocation
session
Scheduled time for activity
quorum · amendment · resolution · adjournment · speaker · floor · recess · filibuster · committee · chamber
journal
Record of daily events
- volumeAmount of space filled
- editedAltered for improvement
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
monograph · paper · manuscript · citation · publisher · scholarly · academic · editor · contributor · index
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- compilationsanthology, compilation, anthologies, collection, collected stories
- conferencesconference, symposium, conferences, keynote, forums
- happeningshappenings, happening, event, occurrence, events
proceedingscasual conversation
Informal spoken exchange
small talk · chitchat · banter · gossip · water cooler talk
proceedingsstoppages
Temporary halts in activity
cessation · suspension · halt · adjournment · inactivity
- legal proceedingsFormal court-based dispute resolution
- divorce proceedingsLegal process ending marriage
- trial proceedingsEvents during a case
- criminal proceedingsLegal process for offenses
- court proceedingsFormal judicial process
- stay of proceedingsCourt-imposed case suspension