\Pro`ce*den"do\, n. [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.