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252Table 25. The frame [Validity of proceeding] groups together antonym termsFrame:Validity of proceedingDefinition:The assessment roll made up by the court that the PROCEEDING is regular and valid.Core FEs:Non-core FEs:PROCEEDING – Any application to a court of justiceBASIS, CONDITION, CRITERION, MANNER, PLACEContexts:O recurso improcede na totalidade.A acção procedeu integralmente na 1ª instância, com a condenação dos réus nos termospeticionados.PROCEEDINGTermsacção, alegação, argumento, conclusão, excepção, omissão, pedido, pretensão,recurso, revista improceder 1Subject, NPacção, apelação, argumentação, crime, conclusão, exceção, pedido, recurso, revistaprocederSubject, NP15.2.3. Recurrent Frame ElementsAlthough some FE labels are frame-specific, most of them were used to describe theparticipants in several frames (cf. Appendix 8). As some FEs are recurrent across frames,this indicates that they correspond to participants that play an important role in thejudgments. The most recurrent FEs are ARGUER, COURT, IRREGULARITY, ISSUE, JUDGE,LAW and PROTAGONIST. The following sections describe each of them based on theobservation of the frames in which they play a mandatory role.5.2.3.1. ARGUER and PROTAGONISTThe actions denoted by the verbs that we selected are carried out by two main kinds ofparticipants: those that do not have legal authority (ARGUER and PROTAGONIST) and thosethat have it (JUDGE and COURT). The participants that do not have legal authority, i.e. that