proceeding

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on

“To proceed on a journey.”

To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.

“To proceed with a story or argument.”

To come from; to have as its source or origin.

“Light proceeds from the sun.”

To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically

To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

(of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.

To begin and carry on a legal process.

To take an academic degree.

The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction

An event or happening; something that happens

(always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.

Progress or movement from one thing to another.

A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction

“a cautious or a violent proceeding”

Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.