protocol

The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it.

Another account says that, on the morning of the 31st of May, the king delivered to the prince-royal the crown, the sceptre, and the key of his treasure and gave him his blessing. The privy-counsillor Vockerodt drew up at his desire a protocol of the transaction.

An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty.

The terms of this protocol formed the basis for the Treaty of London signed by the British, French and Russian governments on 6 July 1827.

An amendment to an official treaty.

The 1992 Protocol amended the definitions of other terms, including ‘ship’, ‘oil’ and ‘incident’: Art. 2.

The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page.

They marked the beginning of each scroll with their protocol, a practice that continued in the papyrus trade in the Byzantine Empire [...] into the Islamic period, when there were bilingual protocols in Greek and Arabic.

The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc.

The protocol of the bull contains elements that appear to be formulaic by the time of John XVIII 's pontificate.

To make a protocol of.

To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.

Serene Highnesses, who sit there protocolling and manifestoing, and consoling mankind!