naturalness - the quality of being natural or based on natural principles; "he accepted the naturalness of death"; "the spontaneous naturalness of his manner"

legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

first appearance, debut, entry, introduction, launching, unveiling - the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"

borrowing, adoption - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"