Cryptic crossword clue
Going ahead with a legal course of action

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PROCEEDING

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What does PROCEEDING mean?

PROCEEDING verb
  1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
  2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
  3. To come from; to have as its source or origin.
  4. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically
  5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
  6. (of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
  7. To begin and carry on a legal process.
  8. To take an academic degree.
PROCEEDING noun
  1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
  2. An event or happening; something that happens
  3. (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
  4. Progress or movement from one thing to another.
  5. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction
  6. Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.

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