Category:Treaty

Trea"ty, n.; pl. Treaties. Etym: [oe. tretee, f. traité, 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. "by sly and wise treaty." 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.