Proceeding

  • 41judicial proceeding — I noun action, case, cause in court, court proceeding, hearing, hearing on the merits, judicial contest, judicial recourse, lawsuit, legal action, legal dispute, legal proceeding, legal recourse, legal remedy, litigation, prosecution, suit, suit… …

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  • 42summary proceeding — see proceeding Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. summary proceeding …

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  • 43Adversary proceeding in bankruptcy (USA) — An Adversary proceeding in bankruptcy, is a lawsuit in the American legal system filed by a party called a plaintiff against a party called a defendant . ProcedureAdversary proceedings are governed by certain court rules found in Part VII of the… …

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  • 44informal proceeding — n. (1) A trial or hearing less formal than a regular trial, such as a proceeding in a small claims court. (2) In probate court, a proceeding that admits a will to probate without first providing notice to all interested parties. The Essential Law …

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  • 45adversary proceeding — a lawsuit arising in or related to a bankruptcy case that is commenced by filing a complaint with the bankruptcy court (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) A separate lawsuit filed in the bankruptcy court which arises in or is related to the… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 46foreign proceeding — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (23) The term foreign proceeding means a collective judicial or administrative proceeding in a foreign country, including an interim proceeding, under a law relating to insolvency or adjustment of debt in which… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 47judicial proceeding — Any proceeding wherein judicial action is invoked and taken. Mannix v. Portland Telegram, 144 Or. 172, 23 P.2d 138. Any proceeding to obtain such remedy as the law allows. Any step taken in a court of justice in the prosecution or defense of an… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 48judicial proceeding — Any proceeding wherein judicial action is invoked and taken. Mannix v. Portland Telegram, 144 Or. 172, 23 P.2d 138. Any proceeding to obtain such remedy as the law allows. Any step taken in a court of justice in the prosecution or defense of an… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 49civil contempt proceeding — A proceeding, summary in nature and sui generis in character, by which a party to an action is enabled to compel obedience to orders, judgments, and decrees rendered in the action which declare the rights to which he is entitled. In some… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 50incidental proceeding — An ancillary proceeding, that is a proceeding which stems from a main or principal action or proceeding. See ancillary proceeding …

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