🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

法律诉讼

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fǎlǜ sùsòng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Legal proceedings/ˈliː.ɡəl prəˈsiː.dɪŋz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他们面临着复杂的法律诉讼。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The series of actions undertaken in a court of law for the arrest, prosecution, and trial of a criminal, or the legal steps in a civil lawsuit.

    "The company decided to initiate legal proceedings against the competitor for patent infringement."
  2. 2

    An official or formal hearing, meeting, or process conducted according to established legal rules.

    "All parties were required to attend the legal proceedings scheduled for Monday morning."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'legal', stemming from Latin 'legalis' (pertaining to law, from lex), and 'proceeding', originating from Middle English 'proceden' (from Old French 'proceder' and Latin 'procedere', meaning to go forward). The compound term formalized in Middle English and Anglo-Norman legal terminology to denote the systematic steps taken in a court of law.

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