Procès-verbal

In law

• in French, Belgian and Dutch law, a detailed authenticated account drawn up by a magistrate, police officer, or other person having authority of acts or proceedings done in the exercise of his duty.
• in a criminal charge, a procès-verbal is a statement of the facts of the case
• the written minutes of a meeting or assembly
• In Canada, un procès verbal d'infraction is the French Canadian translation of a misdemeanor police citation, or ticket

  In international law and diplomacy

• in international law and diplomacy, a procès-verbal is the process of adopting corrections to the text of a treaty, by mutual agreement of the parties. As such it is a process of amendment, but is reserved for minor and non-controversial technical corrections that do not change the substance of the treaty.