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procedure definition - legal

n

A specific course of action; the machinery by which a suit is carried on; the mechanics of the legal process; written rules for legal proceedings, whether criminal or civil, codified in rule books such as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 
civil procedure
A procedure to determine the rights of the parties, as distinguished from a criminal procedure.
criminal procedure
The process by which the government imposes penalties for criminal behavior through the devices of arrest, trial, and punishment of the convicted criminal.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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