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English Dictionary: treaties by the DICT Development Group
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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.
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