Protocol

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

(2): ( n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.

(3): ( v. t.) To make a protocol of.

(4): ( v. i.) To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.

(5): ( n.) A convention not formally ratified.

(6): ( n.) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.

(7): ( n.) The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.