procedural — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Related to procedure.

   Examples

   The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds: it wasn't the facts or the law, but just that they hadn't filed the correct forms.

   An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.

2. Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.

   Examples

   a procedural texture

   procedural terrain

Noun

1. A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.

   David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman[…]

Adjective

1. of or relating to procedure

   Examples

   a procedural violation

2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law

   Synonyms

   adjective

   Examples

   adjective law