The hearings are informal proceedings in which both sides can call witnesses and question each other.

This was possible through informal proceedings, with liberal procedural rules.

America appreciates the actions of both parties in these informal proceedings.

"The mediation process before a trial, particularly in custody disputes, were often informal proceedings," he said.

Privacy, relatively low costs, expert adjudicators, quick and relatively informal proceedings all make this form of determination quite attractive.

CHAIR: Mr. Peppy, these are informal proceedings, but we would appreciate it if you'd control your temper a little better.

A trial de novo is usually available for review of informal proceedings conducted by some minor judicial tribunals in proceedings that do not provide all the procedural attributes of a formal judicial trial.

Legal experts here say the cases are the first in the country in which drug dealing and its attendant violence, noise and robberies were judged actionable nuisances that can be adjudicated in the informal proceedings of Small Claims Court, where neither side is represented by a lawyer.