procès-verbal
Americannoun
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a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
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French Law. an authenticated written account of facts in connection with a criminal or other charge.
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Etymology
Origin of procès-verbal
From French, dating back to 1625–35; see origin at process, verbal
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It was the fourth and final hearing, and we had come back into the small hut for the signing of the procès-verbal.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Not quite a wise thing to say to a journalist, but it is in effect what the suffragette also says, and is rewarded with rotten tomatoes as her sister with a procès-verbal.
From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock
The procès-verbal still exists upon a roll of parchment fairly written, nine feet in length, with the evidence of eighty-seven witnesses.
From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir
I will add that after the reading of this procès-verbal, the cautious reserves of M. Schiaparelli seem exaggerated.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
On a litter was displayed the procès-verbal of the electors of '89, that Hegyra of the insurrection.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
We must remember that these documents were first published in Russia in 1905, and they purport to be the procès-verbaux of a conference held eight or nine years prior to that time.
From The Jew and American Ideals by Spargo, John
I have these procès-verbaux before me now, and it seems to me that I could not do better than to take up one after another and extract from each the interesting observations it may contain.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
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