procedure

noun7

1. •
   a fixed or usual way of doing a particular job
2. •
   A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
3. •
   The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

   • Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.
4. •
   The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

   • Gracious procedures. — 1832
5. •
   A surgical operation.
6. •
   A subroutine coded to perform a specific task, which is not permitted a return value when distinguished from a function.
7. •
   (no longer used) That which results; issue; product.

   • There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance. — 1627