procès-verbal

Procès-verbal (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. 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