"initiation of proceedings" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the act of starting legal or formal proceedings, often referring to a court case or legal action. Example: The initiation of proceedings against the defendant was met with resistance from their legal team.
"This initiation of proceedings does not imply that the Commission has proof of any infringements," said the Commission.
Although there have been no charges, an arrest marks the initiation of proceedings and therefore they are 'active' for all intents and purposes.
Article 11 6) of the Antitrust Regulation provides that the initiation of proceedings by the Commission relieves the competition authorities of the Member States of their competence to also apply EU competition rules to the practices concerned.
With the passing of time and the initiation of proceedings against other former or serving heads of state, new generations of lawyers and academics may not immediately realise how unlikely the Milošević proceedings seemed in the 1990s and how fundamentally they impacted on international criminal justice.
Their column states that the F.D.I.C.'s single receivership approach works only for domestic insolvencies because initiation of insolvency proceedings for the holding company will "precipitate the commencement of foreign insolvency proceedings for all foreign operating subsidiaries, as occurred with Lehman".
Modern bankruptcy laws provide for the initiation of liquidation proceedings upon petition by either the bankrupt himself or his creditors.
Mr. Cholst said that the legal remedy for violation of a no-pet rule could indeed be termination of the proprietary lease and the initiation of eviction proceedings.
Republicans often speak generically of "the Clinton years," while Democrats note that Mr. Gingrich's reign as speaker and the initiation of impeachment proceedings against the president engendered much of the nastiness during the 1990s.
"We considered the initiation of legal proceedings very carefully before coming to this decision, and only decided to proceed once the ABC refused to issue a retraction or apology," Clubs NSW's chief executive, Anthony Ball, said.
In England registrars of the courts vested with insolvency jurisdiction, especially the bankruptcy registrars of the High Court, have jurisdiction over the initiation of insolvency proceedings and a long catalog of matters not requiring hearing in open court.
In a letter to the administrator of the General Services Agency, Stephen Perry, Mr. Daniels said, "Consideration should be given to the initiation of suspension or debarment proceedings for, or a part, of Arthur Andersen and Enron as appropriate".
