proceed against
phrasal verb
proceeded against; proceeding against; proceeds against
law
: to start a legal case against (someone)
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According to the filing, state prosecutors are not bound by the Department of Justice's policies, and past court decisions have not clearly established a precedent for state cases proceeding against a sitting president.
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Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
The fiery incident occurs amid a criminal court proceeding against Atlas and its owners, Gary and Matthew Weisenberg.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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A Maryland judge allows some but not all claims to proceed against the Landon School in the wake of a former student’s suicide.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Lawyers in the department do not believe the policy bars them from proceeding against a president-elect, however, according to the people familiar with the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024
The 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuit shouldn’t have been allowed to proceed against Ross and Artists First, a production and management company that counts her and Barris among its clients.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
The court proceeding against Google, in September, resulted from a case filed originally by the Trump administration.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
In 2019, then-Mayor Tom Barrett's administration started a city raze order proceeding against Black Spruce.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
By getting testimony from people in Trump’s inner circle, the committee’s work helped facilitate some of the legal cases now proceeding against the former president.
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
The fiery incident occurs amid a criminal court proceeding against Atlas and its owners, Gary and Matthew Weisenberg.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
The District Maryland Virginia Crime & Public Safety Local Education Obituaries Transportation Capital Weather Gang
Local Crime & Public Safety
A Maryland judge allows some but not all claims to proceed against the Landon School in the wake of a former student’s suicide.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Lawyers in the department do not believe the policy bars them from proceeding against a president-elect, however, according to the people familiar with the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024
The 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuit shouldn’t have been allowed to proceed against Ross and Artists First, a production and management company that counts her and Barris among its clients.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
The court proceeding against Google, in September, resulted from a case filed originally by the Trump administration.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
In 2019, then-Mayor Tom Barrett's administration started a city raze order proceeding against Black Spruce.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
By getting testimony from people in Trump’s inner circle, the committee’s work helped facilitate some of the legal cases now proceeding against the former president.
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Proceed against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proceed%20against. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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