'Treaties' definitions:

Definition of 'Treaties'

From: GCIDE
  • Treaty \Trea"ty\, n.; pl. Treaties. [OE. tretee, F. trait['e], LL. tractatus; cf. L. tractatus a handling, treatment, consultation, tractate. See Treat, and cf. Tractate.]
  • 1. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation. "By sly and wise treaty." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • He cast by treaty and by trains Her to persuade. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

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