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61criminal proceeding — A proceeding in court in the prosecution of a person charged or to be charged with the commission of a crime, contemplating the conviction and punishment of the person charged or to be charged. State ex rel. Sweezcr v Green, 360 Mo 1249, 232 SW2d …
62delinquency proceeding — A proceeding in juvenile court, usually civil in nature for the purpose of placing a delinquent child under the control of the court; a proceeding in juvenile court for an adjudication of the status of a child in the nature of a guardianship… …
63special proceeding — A civil remedy other than an ordinary action. Hazelton Moffit Special School District v Ward (ND) 107 NW2d 636. Inclusive of every special statutory remedy which is not in itself an action. Sullivan v Storz, 156 Neb 177, 55 NW2d 499, 34 ALR2d… …
64summary proceeding — A proceeding by which a controversy is settled, case disposed of, or trial conducted in a prompt, simple manner without the aid of a jury and without observance of requirements which prevail in a plenary action in reference to commencement of… …
65supplementary proceeding — A proceeding for the enforcement of a judgment where the ordinary means of enforcement by execution is unavailable or unavailing, sometimes regarded as a proceeding in the original action, at other times as a civil action or proceeding in itself …
66judicial proceeding — noun a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights • Syn: ↑litigation • Derivationally related forms: ↑litigious (for: ↑litigation), ↑litigate (for: ↑ …
67legal proceeding — noun (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked • Syn: ↑proceeding, ↑proceedings • Derivationally related forms: ↑proceed (for: ↑proceedings), ↑proceed …
68Administrative proceeding — An administrative proceeding is a non judicial determination of fault or guilt and may include in some cases penalties of various forms.A Captain s Mast , held by a commanding officer of a warship is one such proceeding. Various administrations… …
69Opposition proceeding — An opposition proceeding is an administrative process available under the patent and trademark law of most jurisdictions which allows third parties to dispute the validity of a granted patent or trademark. Contents 1 Patents 2 Trademarks 3 See… …
70disciplinary proceeding — n. An administrative proceeding considering the suspension or expulsion from a profession of a licensed individual, as the result of a crime for which he or she was convicted, or of a disciplinary infraction such as a breach of a code of ethics.… …