Case
Case noun - A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
Proceedings is a synonym for case in lawsuit topic. In some cases you can use "Proceedings" instead a noun "Case", when it comes to topics like matter brought before a court.
Proceedings
Proceedings noun - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
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You'd be introduced by having explained the brief aspects of law or legal proceedings (such as kidnapping, last wills, fraud and so on) as it related to the case.
Source: Literature / You Be The Jury - So they go find a law firm willing to take their case and after the court proceedings the child is an independent entity, with no ties to former family.
Source: Emancipated Child -
He lost that case because the court was filled with heavily armed, menacing looking men wanting a conviction and staring meaningfully at both him and the jury throughout proceedings.
Source: Creator / Cicero
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