Definition of treaty
- n. - The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as
for forming an agreement; negotiation.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A proposal tending to an agreement.
- n. - A treatise; a tract.