DE PROCEDENDO AD JUDICIUM

de procedendo ad judicium (dee proh-s[schwa]-den-doh ad joo-dish-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “for proceeding in an assize”] Hist. A chancery writ ordering a lower court to proceed to judgment in a case that had been wrongfully stayed. • If the lower-court justices refused, they could be punished for contempt.