(n) :
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; pl. (Law) The course of
procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. --Blackstone
"the proceedings of the high commission. --Macaulay."