Proceedings in the United States

Credible Fear Proceedings in Immigration Law

In this area of law, Credible Fear Proceedings means: Immigration Court proceedings in which an Immigration Judge reviews a finding by a Department of Homeland Security asylum officer that a stowaway or an alien subject to expedited removal under INA § 235(b)(1) does not have a credible fear of persecution or torture.

Actions and Proceedings in the Uniform Partnership Act (UPA)

In this area, the UPA covers the following topics:

• Accrual of actions in dissolution: section 43 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1914).
• Foreign limited liability partnership, by attorney general: section 1105 of the Revised Uniform Partnership Act.
• Liability for partner’s conduct: section 305 of the Revised Uniform Partnership Act.
• Liability of purported partner: section 308 of the Revised Uniform Partnership Act.
• Partnership and partners actions: sections 307 and 405 of the Revised Uniform Partnership Act.

Reasonable Fear Proceedings in Immigration Law

In this area of law, Reasonable Fear Proceedings means: Immigration Court proceedings in which an Immigration Judge reviews a finding by a Department of Homeland Security asylum officer that an alien subject to expedited removal under INA §§ 238(b) or 241(a)(5) does not have a reasonable fear of persecution or torture.

Incompetency and Commitment Proceedings

This section examines the Incompetency and Commitment Proceedings subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal litigation, are also addressed.

Proceedings (Removal)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of proceedings. Then, cross references and a brief overview about Removal is provided. Finally, the subject of Civil Procedure in relation with proceedings is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Finding the law: Proceedings in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to proceedings, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines proceedings topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.