proceed against

phrasal verb

proceeded against; proceeding against; proceeds against
law
: to start a legal case against (someone)

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Judge William Hansen ruled that the case could proceed against the company, but ordered FSA to pay 100,000 pounds ($126,000) in legal fees. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025 Trump has asked to have the charges against him dropped in the Georgia case, which the court didn’t rule on prior to Willis’ disqualification, but the case would still proceed against his co-defendants even if Trump gets dismissed from the case. Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Proceed against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proceed%20against. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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