Protocol

prō′tō-kol, n. the first copy of any document: the rough draft of an instrument or transaction: the original copy.— v.i. to i ue, form protocols.— v.t. to make a protocol of—also Prō′tocolīse .— n. Prō′toco list , a registrar or clerk. [Fr.,—Low L. protocol lum —Late Gr. prōtokollon , the first leaf, containing the writer's name, date, .—Gr. prōtos , first, kolla , glue.]