Law Dictionary Definitions

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]

procedural consolidation. See JOINT ADMINISTRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedendo ad judicium. See DE PROCEDENDO AD JUDICIUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedendo (proh-s<<schwa>>-den-doh). [Latin] A higher court’s order directing a lower court to determine and enter a judgment in a previously removed case. [Blacks Law 8th]

probus et legalis homo (proh-b<<schwa>>s et l<<schwa>>-gay-lis hoh-moh). [Law Latin] A good and lawful man. • This phrase referred to a juror who was legally competent to serve on a jury. Pl. probi et legales homines. [Blacks Law 8th]

body of a county.A county as a whole.[Blacks Law 8th]