·vt To make a protocol of.
II. Protocol ·noun A convention not formally ratified.
III. Protocol ·noun The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
IV. Protocol ·vi To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
V. Protocol ·noun A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
VI. Protocol ·noun The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
VII. Protocol ·noun An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.