civil proceedings

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilandproceedings

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civil
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl/us
/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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proceedings
noun[plural]
uk
/prəˈsiː.dɪŋz/us
/proʊˈsiː.dɪŋz/
a series of events that happen in a planned and ...
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(Definition ofcivilandproceedingsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Incivilproceedings, the courts do not provide interpreters; it is for the party concerned to obtain and pay for them.
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The degree of proof and the testing of it incivilproceedingsis different from that in criminal matters.
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Consideration may also be given tocivilproceedingsin an appropriate case.
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One such circumstance is where there are relatedcivilproceedings.
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I am concerned that confusion betweencivilproceedings—proceedings by complaint—and criminal proceedings and convictions is creeping into the debate.
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What we are doing is takingcivilproceedingsand moving them into a quasi-criminal context.
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Civilproceedingswill only be instituted when criminal proceedings are not felt to be available or appropriate.
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Any breach of the code would be admissible as evidence in criminal andcivilproceedings.
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However, some limitedcivilproceedingsattract the criminal standard of proof.
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They have extended the safeguard tocivilproceedings.
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Subsection (2) of the new clause will bring about a welcome reform in the law of evidence relating tocivilproceedings.
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Here we are dealing withcivilproceedingsin civil courts.
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There ought to be, as we say in this amendment, automatic right of appeal where that liberty becomes involved incivilproceedings.
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Nocivilproceedingswere taken by the inspectorate for the recovery of arrears of wages in 1985.
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This is an important recommendation which comes within the question of evidence incivilproceedings.
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It is a grave question in general whether it is an appropriate matter for the police to raisecivilproceedings.
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Civilproceedingsare often initiated as the result of routine decisions for which it might be entirely appropriate to consider contracting out.
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The principal criticism of the tort-based system in this country has been the delay, cost and complexity ofcivilproceedings.
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Redress for aggrieved consumers is bycivilproceedingsfor damages.
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Subsection (2) of claue 15 sets out thecivilproceedingsto which the clause as a whole is to apply.
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