proceeding

A course of action; a procedure.

A sequence of events occurring at a particular place or occasion.

A record of business carried on by a society or other organization; minutes.

Legal action; litigation.

The activities and hearings of a legal body or administrative agency.

The institution or pursuance of legal action.

A going forward; a procession; the act of one who proceeds; especially, a measure or step taken; a doing; a transaction: as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious proceeding; a violent proceeding.

Advancement.

plural A record or account of the transactions of a society: as, the Proceedings of the American Philological Association.