1. Methods, processes, or established ways of doing something that were used in the past but are no longer current
The company abandoned former procedures in favor of new automated systems.
A empresa abandonou os procedimentos anteriores em favor de novos sistemas automatizados.
2. Legal or administrative processes that were previously followed
Under the former procedures, all documents had to be submitted in person.
Sob os procedimentos anteriores, todos os documentos tinham que ser submetidos pessoalmente.