proceduralism

simple past tense and past participle of proceduralize

(law) A body of rules that regulate the administration of civil trials and appeals.

A procedure or set of procedures followed to ensure that state secrets, trade secrets, data, etc. are not compromised.

A formal procedure used by a deliberative assembly in its decision-making, to keep order.

(medicine) A procedure in which one or more incisions are made into the body in order to repair damage or remove diseased tissue; an operation.

(law) The legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated criminal law.

plural of criminal procedure

A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.

(surgery) A pancreaticoduodenectomy.