the act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.-a series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.-a statement of events; a narrative.-any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.-the whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.