TREATY. International Law A compact made between two or more inde pendent nations with a view to the public wel fare. Louis Wolf & Co. v. United States, Cust. & Pat.App., 107 F.2d 819, 827; United States v. Bel mont, N.Y., 57 S.Ct. 758, 761, 301 U.S. 324, 81 L. Ed. 1134. 1673 TREATY
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.
A "treaty" is not only a law but also a contract be
tween two nations and must, if possible, be so construed as
to give full force and effect to all its parts. United States
v. Reid, C.C.A.Or., 73 F.2d 153, 155.
Personal treaties relate exclusively to the persons of the
contracting sovereigns, such as family alliances, and treat
ies guaranteeing the throne to a particular sovereign and
his family. As they relate to the persons, they expire of
course on the death of the sovereign or the extinction of
his family. With the advent of constitutional government
in Europe these treaties have lost their importance. Real
treaties relate solely to the subject-matters of the convention,
independently of the persons of the contracting par
ties, and continue to bind the state, although there may
be changes in its constitution or in the persons of its rul
ers. Boyd's Wheat. Int. Law § 29.
Private Law
The discussion of terms which immediately pre
cedes the conclusion of a contract or other tra 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. Edye v. Robertson, 5 S.Ct. 247, 112 U.S. 580, 28 L.Ed. 798; Ex parte Ortiz, C.C.Minn., 100 F. 962; Charlton v. Kelly, 33 S.Ct. 945, 954, 29 S.Ct. 447, 57 L.Ed. 1274, 46 L.R.A., N.S., 397. A "treaty" is not only a law but also a contract between two nations and must, if possible, be so construed as to give full force and effect to all its parts. United States v. Reid, C.C.A.Or., 73 F.2d 153, 155. Personal treaties relate exclusively to the persons of the contracting sovereigns, such as family alliances, and treaties guaranteeing the throne to a particular sovereign and his family. As they relate to the persons, they expire of course on the death of the sovereign or the extinction of his family. With the advent of constitutional government in Europe these treaties have lost their importance. Real treaties relate solely to the subject matters of the convention, independently of the persons of the contracting part-time parties, and continue to bind the state, although there may be changes in its constitution or in the persons of its rulers. Boyd's Wheat. Int. Law § 29. Private Law The discussion of terms which immediately precedes the conclusion of a contract or other transaction. A warranty on the sale of goods, to be valid, must be made during the "treaty" preceding the sale. Chit. Cont. 419; Sweet.
TREATY OF PEACE. An agreement or contract
made by belligerent powers, in which they agree
to lay down their arms, and by which they stipulate
the conditions of peace and regulate the manner in which it is to