PROTOCOL

Definitions

1. 1. The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument. Burrill.
2. 2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
3. 3. A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
4. 4. A convention not formally ratified.
5. 5. An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.