Learn · Sentences Legal English (Legal Procedures, Talking about the Law in Various Contexts)

The trial will proceed if both parties are ready.

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Sentence

Narrator

The trial will proceed if both parties are ready.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

The trial should proceed if both parties are prepared.

Describing Habits

Trials typically proceed only when all parties are ready.

Asking About Others

Will the trial proceed if both sides are ready?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If both parties weren't ready, the trial would be postponed.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The trial will commence provided both parties are prepared.

Casual

The trial will go ahead if everyone's ready.

Simpler English

The trial starts if both sides are ready.

Phrases to learn

proceed

To continue or go forward.

both parties

Both sides involved in a legal or other matter.