Category:Proceeding

Pro*ceed"ing, n.

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)

Defn: 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.