legal proceeding

1. 1.

   (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

   Synonymsproceedingproceedings

   Broaderdue process

   Narrowerforeclosureinterventionprocedurelegal actionlawsuitadoptionappealbankruptcyreceivershiplitigation

   law

Questions about legal proceeding

What does legal proceeding mean?

legal proceeding means "(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked".

What is another word for legal proceeding?

Close synonyms include proceeding, proceedings. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is legal proceeding a common word?

legal proceeding is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.