Prō'çe-dĕn'do, n.

n. [Lat.] (Law.) (a.) A writ by which a cause which has been removed from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there, where it appears to the superior court that it was removed on insufficient grounds. (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.