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Webster 1913 Edition
Procedure
1.
The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
“The true procedure of conscience.” South.
2.
A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
“Gracious procedures.” I. Taylor.
3.
That which results; issue; product.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Procedure
PROCE'DURE
,Noun.
1.
Manner of proceeding; management; conduct.2.
That which proceeds from something; produce. [Not in use.]