procès-verbal

American  

[proh-say-ver-bahl, praw-se-ver-bal] / proʊˈseɪ vɛrˈbɑl, prɔ sɛ vɛrˈbal /

noun

• procès-verbaux
  plural

1. a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.

2. French Law. an authenticated written account of facts in connection with a criminal or other charge.

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procès-verbal British  

/ prɔsɛvɛrbal /

noun

1. a written record of an official proceeding; minutes

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• procès-verbaux
  plural

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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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Example Sentences

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procès-verbal procès-verbaux

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

Thus it was our fellow-academician who, in the beginning, drew up the celebrated procès-verbal of the meetings of the electors of Paris, so often quoted by the historians of the revolution.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant

There are many works burnt at Alexandria, there are many treasured in the British Museum, that I could better spare than the procès-verbal of Châtillon.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Andrew Lang

This decision was taken down by Barbicane in his notebook, where he had already written the procès-verbal of the sitting of December 6th.

From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne

The procès-verbal of this sitting was ordered to be sent to the eighty-three departments.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde

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 John Spargo

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 Camille Flammarion

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