Procedure - Definition

n 1: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
"the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a
process of trial and error" [syn: procedure, process]
2: a process or series of acts especially of a practical or
mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the
operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool
operations" [syn: operation, procedure]
3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
[syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure,
function]
4: a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings