treaty

  • 11Treaty 9 — was an agreement established in July, 1905, between King Edward VII and various First Nations in northern Ontario. One First Nation community in the bordering Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec is also included in this treaty. It was also… …

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  • 12Treaty 11 — was an agreement established between 1921 and 1922 between King George V and various First Nations in what is today the Northwest Territories.Henry Anthony Conroy was appointed treaty commissioner and conducted the negotiations and signings in… …

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  • 13Treaty — Trea ty, n.; pl. {Treaties}. [OE. tretee, F. trait[ e], LL. tractatus; cf. L. tractatus a handling, treatment, consultation, tractate. See {Treat}, and cf. {Tractate}.] 1. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an… …

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  • 14Treaty 10 — was an agreement established beginning August 19, 1906, between King Edward VII and various First Nations in northern Saskatchewan and a small portion of eastern Alberta. There were no Alberta based First Nations groups signing on, but there were …

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  • 15treaty — (n.) late 14c., treatment, discussion, from O.Fr. traité assembly, agreement, treaty, from L. tractatus discussion, handling, from tractare to handle, manage (see TREAT (Cf. treat)). Sense of contract between nations is first recorded early 15c …

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  • 16treaty — *contract, bargain, compact, pact, entente, convention, cartel, concordat …

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  • 17treaty — [n] agreement, contract accord, alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, compact, concord, concordat, convention, covenant, deal, entente, league, negotiation, pact, reconciliation, sanction, settlement, understanding; concepts… …

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  • 18treaty — ► NOUN (pl. treaties) ▪ a formally concluded and ratified agreement between states. ORIGIN Old French traite, from Latin tractatus treatise …

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  • 19treaty — [trēt′ē] n. pl. treaties [ME trete < OFr traité < LL tractatus: see TRACTATE] 1. Obs. a) negotiation b) entreaty c) any agreement or contract 2 …

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  • 20Treaty — The first two pages of the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, in (left to right) German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ottoman Turkish and Russian A treaty is an express agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely… …

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