legal proceedings

idiom

: actions taken to settle an argument in a court of law

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The Fugees’ Pras Michel underwent emergency surgery for colon cancer last week, postponing legal proceedings in his foreign lobbying and conspiracy case. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025 Throughout the legal proceedings, this process was referred to as procedural, meaning that countries are only required to go through the process of creating the report. Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 SLAPP suits are a type of costly lawsuit used to silence criticism and prevent people from exercising their First Amendment rights through the threat, or actual application of, baseless and expensive legal proceedings. Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 26 Aug. 2025 The series examined the day-to-day juggling of parenting and the couple’s legal proceedings. Luke Chinman, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal proceedings

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“Legal proceedings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20proceedings. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

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