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treaty - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'treaty' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Treaty [ n.]
- The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.
- 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.
- A proposal tending to an agreement.
- A treatise; a tract.