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'''Procès-verbal''' ([[French language|French]] ''procès'', process, [[Late Latin]] ''verbalis'', from ''verbum'', word) is a legal term with a number of meanings:

==In law==
*in Francophone countries, such as France, the term "procès-verbal" is frequently mentioned as "P.V." (pronounced "pay vay"), and most commonly means a ticket or a fine issued by a Police or other law enforcement officer. Despite the use of "verbal" in the term, a P.V. is often a paper ticket or citation; in this case "verbal" comes from the original Latin, where it means "word", and simply indicates the incident has been officially documented or written down.
*in French, Belgian and Dutch law (''proces-verbal'', ''proces verbaal''), 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.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|wstitle=Procès-verbal|volume=22|page=417|inline=1}}</ref>
*in a criminal charge, a '''procès-verbal''' is a statement of the facts of the case<ref name=EB1911/>
*the written minutes of a meeting or assembly<ref name=EB1911/>
*In [[Canada]], '''un procès verbal d'infraction''' is the French Canadian translation of a misdemeanor police citation, or [[traffic ticket|ticket]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/french/FireMarshal/FireServicePrograms/CommunitySafetyEnhancements/CertificateofOffenceProceeding/certificate_of_offence_fr.html|title=Procès-verbal d'infraction {{!}} Ministère de la Sécurité communautaire et des Services correctionnels|website=www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca|language=fr|access-date=2018-10-22}}</ref>

==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.

==See also==
* [[Travaux préparatoires]]
* [[Land registry of Bertier de Sauvigny]]

==References==
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