PROCEDENDO
Pro`ce*den"do, n. Etym: [Abl. of the gerundive of L. procedere. see
Proceed.] (Law)
(a) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient
grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or
otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in
there.
(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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition