treaty of peac

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treaty of peac - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  TREATY OF PEACE. A treaty of peace is 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 be restored and supported Vatt. lib. 4, c. 2, Sec. 9.