Treaty

Definition of Treaty

Trea´ty

n.	1.	The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation. 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.
	4.	A treatise; a tract.

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