Meaning Of Protocol

n.

The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.

n.

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

n.

A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.

n.

A convention not formally ratified.

n.

An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

v. t.

To make a protocol of.

v. i.

To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.