| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CRANKCASE | Legal proceeding involving Oscar the Grouch? |
| FIRSTCLASSACTION | The best legal proceeding? |
| verdict | the decision of a jury at the end of a legal proceeding |
| verdicts | VERDICT, the decision of a jury at the end of a legal proceeding |
| vardy | a verdict (the decision of a jury at the end of a legal proceeding) |
| vardies | VARDY, a verdict (the decision of a jury at the end of a legal proceeding) |
| caveat | legal warning to a judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition has a hearing |
| laches | (used with a sing. v.) failure to do something at the proper time, esp. such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding |
