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brit:
1. A meeting or gathering.
The convention was held in Geneva.
2. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
3. The convening of a formal meeting.
4. A formal agreement, contract or pact.
5. A treaty or supplement to such.
The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.
6. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.