Meanings of initiate proceedings in English

As a director of the company, he said the decision to initiate proceedings wasn't taken lightly.

Miles: My client asks that you not initiate proceedings pending his setting certain affairs in order.

They also show that women are more likely than men to initiate proceedings to end a marriage.

Only congress can initiate proceedings to impeach.

Is that how you initiate proceedings now?

Last week the Metropolitan Police Service proposed to initiate proceedings for gross misconduct and I agreed with that proposal.

De Gucht said the Commission had the power to initiate proceedings on its own authority even if no European competitor came forward.

Individual members can introduce impeachment resolutions like ordinary bills, or the House can initiate proceedings by passing a resolution authorizing an inquiry.

Combine this with the abolition of the common informer's power to initiate proceedings, and you will have gone as far as seems possible at present.

Anthony Metzer QC, acting for the claimants, said they had been "given no choice but to initiate proceedings against the MoD and the Home Office".

On the 12-month anniversary of the failed Domino's order he decided he had "better go and initiate proceedings", as he told 3AW Radio on Thursday.

As the speaker of the chamber of deputies, he initiated proceedings against her.

His side had though it wise to stop that and had initiated proceedings.

He said he had initiated proceedings in the last fortnight.

The SEC initiated proceedings to permanently stop the traders from continuing the alleged conduct.

Bouhadi initiated proceedings in London's Commercial Court in September 2015 to determine this question of authority.