Treaty

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1. Noun

The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.

2. Noun

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. Noun

A proposal tending to an agreement.

4. Noun

A treatise; a tract.

5. Noun

a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
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