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a promise between nations, binding right up until someone decides it isn't.
means A formal, written agreement between two or more sovereign states or parties, setting out terms each side commits to honor.
from From Latin tractatus, "a handling, management, discussion," from tractare, "to drag about, handle, deal with" — the same root that gives us "tract" and "treatment." It reached English in the 14th century through Old French traité, carrying the sense of a matter formally talked over and settled. So a treaty is, at heart, a thing that has been thoroughly handled — gripped, hauled into shape, and dealt with at the table.
- oldest known
- Egypt and Hittites signed peace around 1259 BC
- vienna rule
- Treaties governed by their own treaty since 1969
- longest standing
- England-Portugal alliance unbroken since 1386
- easy out
- Most allow withdrawal with written notice
- latin root
- From tractatus, meaning a handling or discussion
treaty of versailles — ended world war i in 1919, imposed reparations on germany
treaty of paris — ended american revolutionary war in 1783, recognized us independence
treaty of westphalia — ended thirty years' war in 1648, established modern state system