Category:Procedendo

Pro`ce*den"do, n. Etym: [abl. of the gerundive of l. procedere. see Proceed.] (law) (a) a writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient Grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or Otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in There. (b) in english practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases Where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, Commanding them to proceed to judgment. (c) a writ by which the commission of the justice of the peace is Revived, after having been suspended. Tomlins. Burrill.