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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Procede,) Proceid, n. [e.m.E. (1628), f. Proced(ev.] a. The manner of proceeding or going on, course. b. plur. Actions, transactions, affairs. = Proceding vbl. n. 1 b. — c1590 Fowler II 124/7.
And in all actions, and especiallye in prences proceids where there is no appellatioun nor iustice seate to reclame vnto, men … suspends there iudgments 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 24.
He and his gudbrether … saw the begining and proceid of the tumvlt