proceed against

phrasal verb

proceeded against; proceeding against; proceeds against

law

: to start a legal case against (someone)

Examples of proceed against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Garland ordered the classified documents report sealed for now because a case might still proceed against two of Trump’s co-defendants. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025

Moreover, even if the impeachment proceeding against Trump had resulted in a conviction by the Senate, that would not have been sufficient to address the federal interest, Smith said. —Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025

And with Trump set to take office in less than two weeks, legal experts broadly agree criminal prosecutions cannot proceed against a sitting president. —Ella Lee, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025

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. —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

Rhymes for proceed against

• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed
• recommenced
• recompensed