Sentence examples for proceedings amounted from inspiring English sources
1915D, 1044, does not support the claim that the challenged contempt proceedings amounted to prosecution for a criminal offense within the intendment of section 53, Judicial Code.
For Mr. McConnell, who could be seen doling out high-fives among lawmakers and aides after the votes, Thursday's proceedings amounted to a gamble rewarded.
Ms. Rousseff said the impeachment proceedings amounted to a new type of coup, evoking the rupturing of Brazilian democracy in the 1960s.
The proceedings amounted to a wrenching defeat for Mr. Manafort, 69, who came to his sentencing in a wheelchair because of gout and pleading for probation so he could spend his final years with his wife.
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), who attended the hearing Friday, told HuffPost afterwards that the "circus-like" proceedings amounted to little more than "political theater" meant to stoke the Republican base and donors.
Even if the proceedings do not amount to much, the new club will give China an unrivalled chance to shine.
The greater concern among Silicon Valley observers is the vast amount of time and money that these companies are spending in trademark proceedings that may amount to little more than gamesmanship.
The police argued that the shooting reports, because they could potentially be used in disciplinary proceedings against the police officers, amounted to personnel records, which are exempt from disclosure under the state's Freedom of Information Law.
In pretrial proceedings, huge amounts of energy have been spent establishing whether each of the 19 living relatives contesting the second will had ever met or spoken to Mrs. Clark, and if so, when and for how long.
The court did not decide, however, whether the particular restrictions amounted to a taking, leaving that determination up to further proceedings in the state courts.
But British lawyers acting for some of the men want them charged or released soon, arguing that they have been held for up to 14 months without the start of formal legal proceedings in what could amount to unlawful detention.
