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treaty

54 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. treaty (noun)
  2. Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of
  3. Amiens, Treaty of
  4. ANZUS Pact
  5. Brétigny, Treaty of
  6. Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of
  7. Brussels Treaty
  8. Bucharest, Treaty of
  9. Cambrai, Treaty of
  10. Campo Formio, Treaty of
  11. Carlowitz, Treaty of
  12. Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of
  13. Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)
  14. Chaumont, Treaty of
  15. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
  16. Dover, Treaty of
  17. Edirne, Treaty of
  18. Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of
  19. Hünkâr Iskelesi, Treaty of
  20. Jassy, Treaty of
  21. Küçük Kaynarca, Treaty of
  22. Lateran Treaty
  23. Lausanne, Treaty of
  24. London, Treaty of
  25. Maastricht Treaty
  26. Nanjing, Treaty of
  27. NATO
  28. Nerchinsk, Treaty of
  29. Neuilly, Treaty of
  30. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)

treaty

Contract or other written instrument binding two or more states under international law. The term is generally reserved for the more important international agreements, usually requiring, in addition to the signatures of authorized persons, ratification by the governments involved. A treaty may be bilateral or multilateral; it usually contains a preamble, an enumeration of the issues agreed on, and clauses that discuss its ratification procedures, lifespan, and terms for termination. Treaties may be political, commercial, constitutional, or administrative, or they may relate to criminal and civil justice or codify international law.

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