judicial proceeding

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1.judicial proceeding - a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rightslitigationlegal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invokedcustody battle - litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couplevexatious litigation - litigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause; "he got an injunction against vexatious litigation by his enemies"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"