(of legal proceedings)
21Proceedings — For legal matters, see legal proceedings. For the USNI magazine, see Proceedings (magazine). In academia, proceedings are the collection of academic papers that are published in the context of an academic conference. They are usually distributed… …
22Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series — Since first coming to wide notice in the late 1990s, the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling has engendered a number of legal disputes. Rowling, her various publishers and Time Warner, the owner of the rights to the Harry Potter films, have …
23legal action — noun a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong • Syn: ↑action, ↑action at law • Derivationally related forms: ↑action (for:… …
24legal — adj. 1 of or based on law; concerned with law; falling within the province of law. 2 appointed or required by law. 3 permitted by law, lawful. 4 recognized by law, as distinct from equity. 5 Theol. a of the Mosaic law. b of salvation by works… …
25proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings are underway Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on, doings 2) they published the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account, record(s); a …
26proceedings — noun (plural) 1 also proceeding (C) an event or series of actions, especially an unusual or annoying one: We watched the proceedings in the street from the window. 2 actions taken in a law court or in a legal case: Legal proceedings can be… …
27proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on 2) the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account …
28proceedings — Synonyms and related words: account, account rendered, accounting, acta, action, activeness, activism, activity, affairs, annual, brief, bulletin, business, case, cause, cause in court, census report, circumstances, concerns, condition of things …
29Legal tender — This article is about the payment medium. For the song, see Legal Tender (song). Legal tender is a medium of payment allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation.[1] Paper currency is a common form …
30Legal defense fund — In the United States, a legal defense fund (or LDF) is an account set up to pay for legal expenses, which can include attorneys fees, court filings, litigation costs, legal advice, or other legal fees. The fund can be public or private and is set …
