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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Treaty \Trea"ty\, n.; pl. {Treaties}. [OE. tretee, F. trait[82], 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. [bd]By sly and wise treaty.[b8] --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. |