He stood like a man in military uniform at some official proceedings where emotions could not be permitted to exist.

And although all official proceedings are to be conducted in English:

The verdict and prison sentence were surely worked out in advance; the official proceedings took less than five hours.

She described the officer's behavior during official proceedings in that case as bizarre.

The official proceeding has always been a state proceeding, not a federal one, legal experts say.

No such specific information has emerged in any of the many official proceedings.

As a political matter, dissembling to one's colleagues in an official proceeding is a serious offense.

But until lately the amendment was not read as requiring a government to give the press access to official proceedings.

If an issue has not received attention in the press or been the subject of official proceedings it may escape mention entirely.

After luncheon, to his relief, came the official proceedings of the day, beginning with the Maypole dance.