causa vs legal proceeding

causa and legal proceeding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
causa	Yes	No	No	No
legal proceeding	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legal proceeding is a hypernym of causa; that is, legal proceeding is a word with a broader meaning than causa:

causa: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
legal proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

Other hypernyms of causa include proceeding, proceedings.

causa (noun)	legal proceeding (noun)
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy	(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked