Have a rest, gentlemen, before proceedings commence.
Legal proceedings commence, where a judge (Sutherland) must determine whether to commit Charlie to psychiatric care against his will.
As the proceedings commenced, I was restored and refreshed by the preaching and the singing.
This led to a bankruptcy notice issued against her, but proceedings have not commenced.
Measures for preserving evidence are available even before the proceedings commence.
Some judges enjoy the chitchat that goes on with the lawyers before proceedings commence.
Why have no legal proceedings commenced against those responsible for the oppression perpetrated in what has become known as the 'black spring of 2001'?
Once adversarial criminal proceedings commence the right to counsel applies to all critical stages of the prosecution and investigation.
In 1519 proceedings against him commenced, when he accused his opponents of having embezzled state funds.
Legal proceedings commenced on 9 January 1431 at Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government.