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treaty
treaty in international law, formal agreement between sovereign states or organizations of states. The term treaty is ordinarily confined to important formal agreements, while less formal international accords are called conventions, acts, declarations, or protocols. A treaty ordinarily deal... Read more
Treaty of Adrianople
Treaty of Adrianople also called Treaty of Edirne, 1829, peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (see Russo-Turkish Wars ). Turkey gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and additional territory on the Black Sea, opened the Dardanelles to all commercial vessels, granted autonomy... Read more
Treaty of Washington
Treaty of Washington May, 1871, agreement concluded between the United States and Great Britain in Washington, D.C. Its principal articles provided for determination of the Alabama claims by an international commission. The treaty also provided for arbitration of the San Juan Boundary Dispute a... Read more
Rio Treaty
Rio Treaty (Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance), signed Sept. 2, 1947, and originally ratified by all 21 American republics. Under the treaty, an armed attack or threat of aggression against a signatory nation, whether by a member nation or by some other power, will be considered an att... Read more
treaty port
treaty port port opened to foreign trade by a treaty. The term is usually confined to ports in those countries that formerly strongly objected to foreign trade or attempted altogether to exclude it. Thus it is used especially in reference to Japan and China. Those countries had admitted trade with ... Read more
Treaty of Mersen
Treaty of Mersen 870, redivision of the Carolingian empire by the sons of Louis I , Charles the Bald (later Charles II ) of the West Franks (France) and Louis the German of the East Franks (Germany), signed at Mersen (Dutch Meersen ), now in the Netherlands. The treaty superseded the tripartit... Read more
Treaty of Rapallo
Treaty of Rapallo 1922, agreement signed by Germany and the USSR at Rapallo, Italy. It was reached by Walter Rathenau and G. V. Chicherin independently of the Conference of Genoa (see Genoa, Conference of ), which was then in session. Germany accorded the USSR de jure recognition (the first such r... Read more
Treaty of Neuilly
Treaty of Neuilly , 1919, peace treaty concluded between the Allies and Bulgaria after World War I. It was signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Bulgaria ceded part of W Thrace to Greece and several border areas to Yugoslavia; S Dobruja was confirmed in Romanian possession. Reparations were required,... Read more
Treaty of Troyes
Treaty of Troyes 1420, agreement between Henry V of England, Charles VI of France, and Philip the Good of Burgundy. Its purpose, ultimately unsuccessful, was to settle the issues of the Hundred Years War. Henry was to marry Charles's daughter Catherine and was recognized as "heir of France.... Read more
Treaty of Waitangi
Treaty of Waitangi (Feb. 6, 1840), a pact between some Maori tribes of New Zealand and the British Governor William Hobson. The treaty protected Maori land interests in exchange for recognition of British sovereignty. Infractions by the settlers' government led to tensions and eventually war. Waita... Read more

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treaty
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...or protocols. A treaty ordinarily deals...of nations, but treaties may also grant specific...emphasize the sanctity of treaties, and many current treaty practices have classical...in effect secret treaties. A treaty comes into effect...
Treaties and Treaty Power
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Treaties and Treaty Power In one sense...joint participation in treaty making, the framers...prescribe limits on treaties or offer a rule for...debates about the treaty power concerned the supremacy of treaties to state law. The...
Treaty Federalism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...The concept of treaty federalism pushes...It argues that treaties between aboriginal...arguments raised by the treaty constitutionalist...As historical treaties were largely limited...relationship. A treaty constitutionalist...existing and future treaties between aboriginal...
Treaties
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy ...appearance of new kinds of treaties dealing with such matters...In the broad sense, a treaty is an accord concluded...terms in use include "treaty," "convention...United States the word "treaty" refers to a procedure...the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds...
Treaty of Versailles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Treaty of Versailles any of several treaties signed in the palace...Versailles, France. For the Treaty of Versailles of 1783...I The most important treaty signed at Versailles...among the five peace treaties that terminated World...
Treaty
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...The Court has never found a treaty to be unconstitutional, and few treaties have been challenged. In...Court views a dispute over a treaty as a political question outside...international law required treaties to be ratified in the same...
Treaty of Paris
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Treaty of Paris any of several important treaties, signed at or near Paris, France. The Treaty of 1763 The Treaty of...Treaty of 1783 By the Treaty of Paris of Sept. 3...signed as definitive treaties on Sept. 3, 1783...
Nuclear Arms Control Treaties
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...five years. Other treaties prohibited nuclear weapons...areas: the Antarctic Treaty (1959), the Outer...x2010;Free Zone Treaty (1995) and the African...x2010;Free Zone Treaty (1996), combined with earlier regional treaties, made the Southern Hemisphere...
CFE Treaty
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History CFE Treaty. The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) was signed in Paris...heads of state of the then‐members of NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO, or Warsaw Pact ). The treaty's system of equal...
Union Treaty
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History UNION TREATY The Union Treaty, often referred to as the new Union Treaty, represented an attempt by Soviet party leader and president Mikhail Gorbachev to renegotiate the terms of the original treaty that established the USSR in December 1922...

Dictionary entries related to "Treaty"

Treaties with Foreign Nations
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...FOREIGN NATIONS TREATIES WITH FOREIGN NATIONS...usage the term "treaty" has the generic...Senate only after treaty negotiations, during...distinguishes international treaties from "agreements...only true when a treaty is designated as...under U.S. law, treaties are sent to Congress...
Treaty Councils (Indian Treaty-Making)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...COUNCILS (INDIAN TREATY-MAKING) TREATY COUNCILS (INDIAN TREATY-MAKING). Prior to the American...United States entered its first treaty with a Native American nation...groups, but the first formal treaties negotiated under the U.S...
Treaty
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...diplomatic practice, a treaty is a formal written...international law. Treaties differ from a...on the Law of Treaties (1969), a treaty, unlike other...using the name treaty for its legally...practice, bilateral treaties signed with the...
Treaties, Commercial
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...States' very first treaties was the Treaty of Amity and Commerce...but overseas. This treaty led to navigation treaties with several European...often with each new treaty requiring adjustments...president concluded treaties known as executive...
Treaties, Negotiation and Ratification of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History TREATIES, NEGOTIATION AND RATIFICATION OF TREATIES, NEGOTIATION AND RATIFICATION OF. A treaty is a formal agreement...negotiating and ratifying treaties, throughout U.S. history...the responsibility for treaty making has rested with...
Greenville Treaty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...merely taken. The treaty also, through the...into land cession treaties by threatening to...another to secure the treaty. His aide-de...ed. Indian Treaties 1778 –...1830 ; Indian Treaties ; Jay's Treaty .
Indian Treaties
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...disagree about the number of treaties negotiated between European...the end of the formal treaty-making period in 1871...governments all made treaties, the number may well...more on diplomacy and treaties in relations with Indians...was an example. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle...
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (1968). Following more than a decade of discussions...Assembly approved the text of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty authored primarily by representatives from the United...
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...through the Hay-Pauncefote Treaties (1901). This treaty can be considered both as...of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The...also Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of ; Hay-Pauncefote Treaties ; Monroe Doctrine .
London Naval Treaties
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...war against Germany, the treaty was scrapped. However well intentioned, the treaties failed in their larger goal...signed the 1930 London Naval Treaty, eighteen months later...Meanwhile, the naval treaties had no impact on Germany...

Thesaurus entries related to "Treaty"

treaty
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus treaty • noun  several terms of the treaty were casually violated synonyms : agreement, settlement, pact, deal, entente, concordat, accord, protocol, convention, contract, covenant, bargain, pledge; concord, compact.
abrogation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...x2022; noun formal  such a defense system would require amendment or abrogation of the 1972 antiballistic missile treaty synonyms : repeal, revocation, repudiation, rescinding, overturning, annulment, overruling, cancellation, invalidation...
finalize
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus finalize • verb  they had yet to finalize a peace treaty synonyms : conclude, complete, clinch, settle, work out, secure, wrap up, wind up, put the finishing touches to; reach an agreement on, agree on, come to terms on; informal sew up.
enshrine
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus enshrine • verb  the following rights should be enshrined in the treaty synonyms : preserve, entrench, set down, lay down, set in stone, embody, incorporate, contain, include, treasure, immortalize, cherish.
protocol
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...decorum, good form, the done thing, the thing to do, punctilio.   2. the two countries signed a protocol synonyms : agreement, treaty, entente, concordat, convention, deal, pact, contract, compact; formal concord.
pact
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus pact • noun  the pact was signed at the site of the surrender synonyms : agreement, treaty, entente, protocol, deal, settlement, concordat, accord; armistice, truce; formal concord.
sin
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...suggesting any violation of an agreed-upon set of rules (their behavior was clearly a transgression of the terms set forth in the treaty). A crime is any act forbidden by law and punishable upon conviction (a crime for which he was sentenced to death). A vice...
compact
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English compact • noun  the two sides signed the compact synonyms : contract, agreement, covenant, pact, indenture, bond, treaty, alliance, bargain, deal, transaction, settlement, entente.
terms
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...with their neighbors synonyms : relations; standing, footing, relationship.   3. under the terms of the will/treaty synonyms : stipulations, specifications, conditions, provisions, provisos, particulars, premises, details, points...
agreement
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...harmony, accordance, unity, concord.   2. sign a business/international agreement synonyms : contract, compact, treaty, covenant, pact, bargain, settlement, proposal; inf. deal; fml. concordat.   3. the agreement of the statements...

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Treaty elders denounce IRA tribal governments
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 10/19/1998; 700+ words ; ...Sioux Nation had treaties with the United States. We, the treaty council, all...The Elk said the treaty councils are the...who control the treaties and anything involving treaties should be decided...consensus of all the treaty councils. In...
Treaties as contracts: textualism, contract theory, and the interpretation of treaties.
Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...TEXTUALISM APPLIED TO TREATIES A. Originalism and Treaty Interpretation...two themes in treaty jurisprudence...the notion that treaties are contracts...play a role in treaty interpretation, particularly for treaties of limited scope...
Anti-treaty shopping restrictions in the new U.S.-Netherlands tax treaty.
Magazine article from: Tax Executive; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...bilateral tax treaties. Intended primarily...Netherlands Treaty of 1948 [hereinafter...stringent anti-treaty shopping articles in tax treaties, as well as...application of existing treaties through restrictive...the myriad treaty limitations in...
TAX TREATIES:DAVID NOREN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 3/5/2003; 700+ words ; ...pursue similar provisions in other treaties, and whether the U.S. model treaty will be amended to reflect these...provisions of the U.S. model treaty and other recent treaties. The existing treaty with the United Kingdom, like other...
Treaties need to be honored
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 1/26/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...to tribes that have treaties, the Great Sioux Nation Treaty Council said that practice...not adhering to the treaties that were made on a...people to recognize the treaties. We find ourselves...adjudicating to protect the treaty. The South Dakota...
TAX TREATIES AND PROTOCOLS:LINDY PAUL
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 10/27/1999; 700+ words ; ...not be reduced under the proposed treaties). Denmark The proposed treaty with Denmark is a comprehensive update...the provisions of the U.S. model treaty and other recent treaties. The proposed treaty includes a derivative benefits provision...
TAX TREATIES:THOMAS A. BARTHOLD
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 7/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...jurisdictions of the treaty countries. As in other U.S. tax treaties, these objectives...to U.S. tax treaty policy ensures that the model treaties remain meaningful...S. income tax treaties. The proposed treaty and protocols that...
Treaties, Custom, Iteration, and Public Choice
Magazine article from: Chicago Journal of International Law; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the public choice approach. I. TREATIES, CUSTOM, AND THE ITERATIVE PERSPECTIVE A. TREATIES AND THE ITERATIVE PERSPECTIVE Treaty and custom are generally identified...7 I have argued that the law of treaties-the set of general procedural...
The treaty of Waitangi: a framework for Maori health development.(RESEARCH ARTICLE)
Magazine article from: New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Abstract The Treaty of Waitangi is often described as New...clear consensus on the application of the Treaty of Waitangi or what its original intent...considers the relationship between the Treaty and Maori health. How Maori health issues...
TREATIES IN U.S. LAW: NEW DEBATES ON OLD IDEAS
Magazine article from: American Society of International Law. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...CONSTRUCTING THE TREATY POWER by Duncan...discussing the role treaties play in the U...label for U.S. treaties would answer questions...restraints on the treaty power seemed only...effects of U.S. treaties? What legal effect...from labeling a treaty as non-self...