1. (n.) A code of conduct or standard procedure; an original copy\ of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.

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

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

4. (n.) A convention not formally ratified.

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

6. (v. t.) To make a protocol of.

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

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