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.