1.   Only the three senior judges could initiate impeachment proceedings against the president.

2.   The couple plan to initiate legal proceedings against the police.

3.   The courts construed this broadly to include the documents which initiated the proceedings, the pleadings and the adjudication.

4.   They have decided to initiate legal proceedings against the newspaper.

5.   The company initiated judicial proceedings against them.

6.   The European Commission has decided to send warning letters to the British government as a first stage in initiating legal proceedings over two alleged breaches of EC environmental legislation.

7.   This applies whether proceedings were initiated in the High Court or arrived there by way of transfer from the county court.