Legal Procedure
The procedural rules for conducting a trial.
("At a time when two men were standing before Abraham our father for judgment, and one said to his friend, "This manna is owed to me," our father Abraham would take out manna from his possession and give it to him, and he would say to them, "Arrange your judgments before me. And arrange them, judge." - Masechat Ketanot Masechat Avot Dravi Nathan, version 1, 33)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
סִדְרֵי דִּין
Definition (Hebrew)
הַפְּרוֹצֵדוּרָה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִית שֶׁל נִיהוּל מִשְׁפָּט.
("בִּזְמַן שֶׁשְּׁנֵי בַּעֲלֵי דִּינִין בְּאֵין לִפְנֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ לְדִין וְאָמַר אֶחָד עַל חֲבֵרוֹ זֶה חַיָּב לִי מָנָה הָיָה אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ מוֹצִיא מָנָה מִשֶּׁלּוֹ וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ וְאָמַר לָהֶם סִדְרוֹ דִּינֵיכֶם לִפְנֵי. וְסִדְּרוֹ דִּינָן"- מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת דְּרַבִּי נָתָן נֻסְחָא א, לג)