real treaty
A treaty relating solely to the subject matter of the compact, independently of the persons of the contracting sovereigns. • Real treaties continue to bind the state even when the heads of government change.
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mixed treaty
A treaty with characteristics of different types of treaties, esp. contrasting types (e.g., permanent and transitory, or personal and real).
reservation
reservation. 1. The creation of a new right or interest (such as an easement), by and for the grantor, in real property being granted to another. Cf. EXCEPTION(3). [Cases: Deeds 141; Easements 14. C.J.S. Deeds §§ 279–282, 284; Easements § 60.] implied reservation. An implied easement that reserves in a landowner an easement across a
contravention
contravention (kon-tr[schwa]-ven-sh[schwa]n). 1. An act violating a legal condition or obligation; esp., an entail heir’s act that conflicts with the entail provision. 2. French law. A criminal breach of a law, treaty, or agreement; a minor violation of the law. • A contravention is traditionally punishable by peines de police, usu. a fine not exceeding
warsaw convention
Warsaw Convention. Int’l law. A treaty (to which the United States is a party) negotiated in Warsaw, Poland, in 1929, consisting of uniform rules governing claims made for personal injuries arising out of international air travel. Cf. MONTREAL AGREEMENT. [Cases: Carriers 307; Treaties 8. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace §§ 265, 267; Carriers § 573; Treaties
conclude
conclude, vb. 1. To ratify or formalize (a treaty, convention, or contract) (it can be difficult to amend a contract that the parties have already concluded). 2. To bind; estop (the admissions concluded the party as a matter of law). 3. Scots law. To sign (a contract, letter, etc.) for the sale of real property.
Warsaw Convention
Int’l law. A treaty (to which the United States is a party) negotiated in Warsaw, Poland, in 1929, consisting of uniform rules governing claims made for personal injuries arising out of international air travel. Cf. MONTREAL AGREEMENT. [Cases: Carriers 307; Treaties 8.C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace §§ 265, 267; Carriers § 573; Treaties § 6.]