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treaty |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He cast by treaty and by trains Her to persuade. --Spenser. 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. 3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: treaty n : a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: {pact}, {accord}]
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