"stage of proceedings" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the particular step in a legal matter, such as a trial or hearing. For example, "At this stage of proceedings, the accused had already been found guilty.”.
You don't want anything to affect your focus at this stage of proceedings".
It allowed publishers at the preliminary stage of proceedings to avoid revealing sources.
Hannah Verdier We're at the semi-final stage of proceedings, and the four remaining contenders are faced with some deviously difficult tasks.
With a rousing performance, the clarinet, violin and accordion weaving melodies over the top of two drum kits and an electric bassist, and the audience at this earliest stage of proceedings lustily joining in with some call-and-response encouragement.
But only the cases against the UK, India, and Pakistan have reached the current preliminary stage of proceedings before the court, because the other six nations have refused to participate.
Wilkinson has beaten Flood to the No 10 shirt, having spent the entire Six Nations "shining the pine" on the bench, and while the manager gave no indication that this was a decisive moment in the outside-half contest, he was happy to accept that experience counts for double at this late stage of proceedings.
Basic procedural safeguards as set forth in relevant national and international standards and norms shall be guaranteed at all stages of proceedings in both state-run and non-state systems, as well as in international justice.
And there's ambiguity at each stage of the proceedings.
A spokesman said that six of the eight buildings Mr. Krieger owns downtown are now in some stage of foreclosure proceedings.
"That was a fantastic performance", she said, wisely deciding that, at this late stage of the proceedings, there was no point taking a risk with novelty of thought.
Lawyers for Julian Assange were contacted by Scotland Yard detectives last night over the first stage of extradition proceedings that could lead the WikiLeaks founder being handed over to the Swedish authorities.
