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procedure. 1. A specific method or course of action. 2. The judicial rule or manner for carrying on a civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution. — Also termed rules of procedure. See CIVIL PROCEDURE; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural unconscionability. See UNCONSCIONABILITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural right. See RIGHT. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural presumption. See PRESUMPTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural point. See POINT. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural motion. See MOTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural main motion. See incidental main motion under MOTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural law. The rules that prescribe the steps for having a right or duty judicially enforced, as opposed to the law that defines the specific rights or duties themselves. — Also termed adjective law. Cf. SUBSTANTIVE LAW. [Cases: Statutes 242, 267. C.J.S. Statutes § 421.] [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural due process. See DUE PROCESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedural-default doctrine. The principle that a federal court lacks jurisdiction to review the merits of a habeas corpus petition if a state court has refused to review the complaint because the petitioner failed to follow reasonable state-court procedures. [Cases: Habeas Corpus 312–385.] [Blacks Law 8th]