54 Metaphors for treaty

Jay's Treaty, 1794.%In this mission Jay succeeded; and though the treaty was far from what Washington wanted, it was the best that could be had, and he approved it.

But I find even amongst them there are indirect Practices in relation to Love, and our Treaty is at present a little in Suspence, till some Circumstances are cleared.

Treaties are the currency of international statesmanship.

A treaty at Fond du Lac, 500 miles distant, and the throwing of a commissariat department through the lake, is no light task. 27th.

It has been well remarked by one of the commentators on the report of Messrs. Featherstonhaugh and Mudge that if the treaty of 1783 be a grant the grantors are bound by rule of law to mark out that corner of their own land whence the description of the grant commences.

Treaties are contracts between nations, and in international law much resemble ordinary contracts in municipal law.

Jay's Treaty, 1794.Ever since 1783 there had been trouble with the British.

To the English a treaty with Belgium was a sacred pledge; to the Germans it was something which could be torn up at a moment’s notice if it stood in the way of their interests.

The Spanish Treaty of 1795.France and Great Britain were not the only countries with which there was trouble.

During the whole time that the treaty, as amended, was before the Congress of Mexico these explanations of the Secretary of State, and these alone, were before them.

The treaty of Westphalia, or peace of Munster, which ended the bloody wars of Germany, was a precedent for this.

The dreams of greatness increase: some little military success has given Greece the idea also that the Treaty of Sèvres is only a foundation regulating the relationship with the Allies and with the enemy, and constituting for Greece a title of rights, the full possession of which cannot be modified.

International treaties are no absolute limitation, but a voluntary self-limitation of the state, and only for such time as the state may find to be convenient.

The Treaty of the Tafna was a flagrant example of this class of diplomatic documents.

" This treaty at Uxbridge was a perfect war between the men of the gown, ours was between those of the sword; and I cannot but take notice how the lawyers, statesmen, and the clergy of every side bestirred themselves, rather to hinder than promote the peace.

All international treaties, including matters relating to the conduct of war (though laws on the liability of Finnish citizens to military service fall under the competency of the Finnish Diet), are matters common to Russia and Finland as one empire, one international unit, and are dealt with by the proper Russian authorities.

KILMAINHAM (5), a suburb of Dublin, with a royal hospital for disabled soldiers and a jail; the treaty of Kilmainham was an agreement said to have been made in 1882 between Gladstone and Parnell, who was then confined in Kilmainham jail, affecting Irish government and policy.

Certainly, a man who makes so pious and fair a treaty is a citizen to be taken care of!

During the last few centuries there has usually been at the end of a great European war a great European congress which has regulated for the time being the matters which were in dispute, and the treaty thus negotiated has remained for a long time the basis of the relations between the Powers.

[Footnote 59: There is no such river in this country, therefore this treaty is null and voidof no effect in law or equity.

The recent treaties which regulate, or are supposed to regulate, the relations among peoples are, as a matter of fact, nothing but a terrible regress, the denial of all those principles which had been regarded as an unalienable conquest of public right.

But happily, gentlemen, although treaties are concealed from us nowadays as long as and as often as is possible, the Treaty of Berlin is an open instrument.

This treaty of Troyes became the cause of, and the pretext for, a vast amount of extortion being practised upon the unfortunate inhabitants of the conquered country.

Treaties, sir, are the artillery of our enemies, to which we have nothing to oppose; they are weapons of which we know not the use, and which we can only escape by not coming within their reach.

Stephen was helpless, the nobles defiant, their strongholds were untouched, and the treaty remained practically a dead letter.

54 Metaphors for  treaty