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) 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.
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