procedure

Definitions

1. 1.A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. "Gracious procedures." I. Taylor.
2. 2.That which results; issue; product. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is procedure.

• What is a step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. "Gracious procedures." I. Taylor called?
• What is that which results; issue; product. [Obs.] Bacon called?