0 a formal piece of writing that considers and examines a particular subject:
1 a formal piece of writing that deals with a particular subject:
a medical treatise
Although forbidden by law, private sales were in practice accepted, and juridical treatises recognized them.
He argues that in their moral treatises, theologians and great philosophers have often effectively employed incredible fables that were patently untrue.
There is, however, one important constraint: you cannot look into textbooks or treatises that tell you the law of that country.
However, the fact remains that he had not written such treatises.
Moreover, apart from the odd direct reference, decorum in particular is difficult to isolate in the period's architectural treatises.
Besides, it is the only work on agriculture prior to these treatises.
I feel the same passion for these treatises that is everywhere evident in his writing.
His books and treatises became relied upon to the point that they replaced the books of those shaykhs who preceded him.
