legal proceeding

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The legal proceeding is expected to last around a month, with Judge Arun Subramanian, who also presided over the sentencing of disgraced music mogul Sean Combs last year, at the helm.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The second impeachment of Donald Trump was a legal proceeding.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

The report is not a legal proceeding, Sidoti explained, and commissioners did not seek to prove allegations “beyond reasonable doubt,” as in a court of law.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

“I will not allow this legal proceeding to turn into a circus,” Wallace said as the hearing began.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2024

And it is unquestionable, that much of that contempt for the slow vengeance of a legal proceeding, which now distinguishes the people of the frontier west, originated then.

From Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States by Darley, F.O.C.