legal proceeding
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Simons manages a legal proceeding called Northern California Clergy Cases, in which nearly 1,800 individual lawsuits have been filed against seven Catholic dioceses, including Fresno.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
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,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023
Costs.—The costs of a legal proceeding are no longer treated as damages to be assessed by the jury, nor do they depend on any act of the jury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
