Sentence examples for fact-finding proceeding from inspiring English sources
Their mission was to conduct a fact-finding proceeding, with witnesses under oath and subject to cross-examination, affording us the opportunity to resolve substantial issues involving the weight and credibility of the evidence.
The case was assigned to a special master, Judge David Berchelmann Jr. of the district court here in Bexar County, for the civil fact-finding proceeding that opened Monday.
The president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, in Washington for a meeting in the White House with European Union officials, expressed sharp regret Thursday that Israel had not allowed the fact-finding mission to proceed.
For some smart lawyerly reason there's at least one caveat: these fact-finding missions can't proceed if an active court case is dealing with the same issue and law.
The new rules require that only an officer with the rank of at least a one-star general or admiral can initiate a fact-finding inquiry or other proceeding, or order any discharge under "don't ask, don't tell".
But they decided to proceed with the fact-finding to avoid getting off to a bad start with Mr. Bloomberg by immediately jumping into tense negotiations.
As the Council wrangled into the early hours of this morning in closed session, just before 1 a.m. diplomats said a bloc of Arab nations had withdrawn its resolution demanding that the secretary general "proceed with the dispatching of the fact-finding team" and requiring the Israelis to comply.
"The fact-finding panel would develop a report from which the parties would proceed much more quickly".
So we decided to go on a fact-finding mission.
Go on a fact-finding trip.
