Special Proceedings
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A phrase used in the codes of procedure to denote all proceedings other than actions; generally, any proceeding in a court which was not under the common law and equity practice either an action at law or a suit in chancery is a special proceeding.
117 Cal. 387; Ency. of PI. & Pr. 112.