0 a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders:
1 a written agreement between two or more countries that is formally approved and signed by their leaders:
Under the treaty (= according to the agreement), inspections are required to see if any country is secretly developing nuclear arms.
2 an agreement between two or more countries, formally approved by their governments:
3 a formal agreement between two people, companies, or organizations:
Sales of partnership property should be conducted by private treaty or at auction.
The whole country celebrated the signing of the peace treaty.
Both sides in the conflict have agreed to the terms of the peace treaty.
The actual signing of the treaty was a downbeat affair without any ceremony.
This treaty has been called the anchor of their foreign policy.
The treaty was abrogated in 1929.
The biggest obstacle to establishing participation rights for indigenous peoples in a treaty would have arisen from the factual setting.
These minorities, however, were recognized and protected in the treaties that created the new nation states.
While there is no such right protected under international treaties, it is increasingly being recognized as essential to the delivery of justice.
