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/prˈoʊtəkˌɑl/ /prˈoʊtəkˌɔl/ Listen

noun

Protocol n.

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

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

(Diplomacy)

(a)

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

(b)

A convention not formally ratified.

(c)

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

verb

Protocol v. t. To make a protocol of.

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

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Etymology of 'Protocol'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... went to Porto Rico only to be stopped in the midst of a most brilliant campaign by the signing of the protocol. The censorship was ended and willingly did I lay down the blue pencil ...

— Danger Signals • John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady

... of the new State; and, after revision by Falck and Lord Clancarty, he in person took them to Paris. They were laid by Clancarty before the plenipotentiaries, and were adopted by the Allied Sovereigns assembled in London on June 21, 1814. The principles which animated them were set forth in a protocol which breathes throughout a spirit of fairness and conciliation—but all was marred by the final clause—Elles mettent ces principes en execution en vertu de leur droit de conquete de la Belgique. To unite Belgium to Holland, as a conquered ...

— History of Holland • George Edmundson

... ambassador, M. Cambon, the Madrid government approached President McKinley for a statement of the terms on which hostilities could be brought to a close. After some skirmishing Spain yielded reluctantly to the ultimatum. On August 12, the preliminary peace protocol was signed, stipulating that Cuba should be free, Porto Rico ceded to the United States, and Manila occupied by American troops pending the formal treaty of peace. On October 1, the commissioners of the two countries met at Paris to ...

— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard

... Paris of Nov. 5, 1815, but was given to Greece by the Treaty of London of March 29, 1864. The Ambassadors' Conference decided in the Autumn of last year that it was illogical to allow the chief harbor of Albania to be dominated by the territory of a foreign power, and by the Protocol of Florence, Dec. 19, 1913, it was definitely included in Albania. This decision was ratified by legislative enactment in Greece, to which effect was given by King Constantine's proclamation of June 13, 1914, shortly after which the Hellenic garrison was withdrawn. During the Greek ...

— Current History, A Monthly Magazine - The European War, March 1915 • New York Times

... an old treaty to apply to existing conditions. Mr. Gerard, having ceased to hold ambassadorial powers after the breaking of relations, could not enter into any such negotiations; but then the German Government had never been concerned with legalities. It blandly asked him to sign a protocol, the main purpose of which was to protect Germans and their interests in the United States in the event ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

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