The phrase "block the proceeding" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to stop or prevent something from happening or continuing. Example: The protesters attempted to block the proceeding of the city council meeting by standing in front of the entrance, but were eventually removed by police.
Lawyers behind a UK class-action style compensation litigation against Google for privacy violations have filed an application requesting permission to appeal against a recent High Court ruling blocking the proceeding.
That could make it difficult for América Móvil to persuade shareholders to block the sale, the proceeds of which KPN's management has promised to partially return to shareholders in a special dividend.
Witnesses said that for much of the route, protesters spilled from sidewalks onto streets and added that the police used long orange nets at Fifth Avenue and 14th Street in an apparent attempt to block the march from proceeding.
Such an outcome would block the administration from proceeding, although it could leave the way open for a future Democratic president to relitigate the issue.
Vaccination teams plan to visit these provinces before November – when snow will likely block the roads – before proceeding to the second phase, which encompasses another 25 provinces.
While senators in Washington weighed their options, it was uncertain how efforts here to block the appointment would proceed.
But the judge, Nicholas H. Politan of United States District Court here, also ruled that Waste Management Inc., the Houston company that had asked him to block the lease, could proceed with its lawsuit against Browning-Ferris Industries, a competitor that would run the transfer station.
American sanctions imposed in 2008 require United States banks to block and seize the proceeds from any transactions made in the names of Irisl or its known affiliates.
A lawsuit filed by other state legislators to block the plan is still proceeding, however.
