procès-verbal

[ proh-sey-ver-bahl; French praw-se-ver-bal ]

/ proʊˈseɪ vɛrˈbɑl; French prɔ sɛ vɛrˈbal /

a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.

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

Origin of procès-verbal

From French, dating back to 1625–35; see origin at process, verbal

procurer, procuress, procursive epilepsy, procyon, procyonidae, procès-verbal, prod, prod., prodd, prodi, prodigal

We shall draw up the proces-verbal, and you will sleep in jail.

The Brotherhood of Consolation |Honore de Balzac
Documents inedits sur l'Histoire de France; proces-verbal de Masselin, p. 76.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Proces-verbal du Directoire de Clermont in Choiseul, p. 189-95.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle
He must lie until the police arrived and drew up the proces-verbal.

Simon the Jester |William J. Locke

Hubertine had just learned that the proces-verbal at Monsieur Grandsire's, for the guardianship of the child, had been signed.

The Dream |Emile Zola

procès-verbal

/ French (prɔsɛvɛrbal) /

a written record of an official proceeding; minutes

C17: from French: see process 1, verbal