Thesaurus: proceeding

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Proceed
2. n. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
3. n. The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
4. n. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
5. 1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding. The proceedings of the high commission. Macaulay. 2. pl. (Law) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. Blackstone. Proceedings of a society, the published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings. Syn. -- Procedure; measure; step, See Transaction.
6. The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.Blackstone. Proceedings of a society, the published record of itsaction, or of things done at its meetings.
7. n. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked