Category:Protocol

Pro"to*col, n. Etym: [f. protocole, ll. protocollum, fr. Gr. prw	os The first (see proto-) +

1. The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, Or other instrument. Burrill.

2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.

3. (diplomacy) (a) a preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are Carried on. (b) a convention not formally ratified. (c) an agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by Them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

Protocol Pro"to*col, v. t.

Defn: to make a protocol of.

Protocol Pro"to*col, v. i.

Defn: to make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue Protocols. Carlyle.