treaty of cession of territory
1Treaty of Point Elliott — The Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855, or the Point Elliott Treaty, [The treaty is entitled and listed in catalogs and archives as the Treaty of Point Elliott, 1855 .] is the lands settlement treaty between the United States government and the… …
2treaty — /tree tee/, n., pl. treaties. 1. a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations. 2. the formal document embodying such an international agreement. 3. any agreement or… …
3cession — /ˈsɛʃən / (say seshuhn) noun 1. the act of ceding, as by treaty. 2. something, as territory, ceded. 3. the voluntary surrender by a debtor of his or her effects to creditors. {Latin cessio} …
4Treaty of St. Peters — may be one of two treaties conducted between the United States and Native American peoples, conducted at the confluence of the Minnesota River (then called St. Peters River ) with the Mississippi River, in what today is Mendota, Minnesota. 1805… …
5Treaty of 1818 — Convention respecting fisheries, boundary, and the restoration of slaves United States territorial border changes Signed 1818 Location London, United Kingdom Signatories …
6cession — ces·sion / se shən/ n 1: an act of ceding: a yielding (as of property) to another: as a in the civil law of Louisiana: assignment or transfer of property rights by a debtor to a creditor b: transfer of liability by an insurer to a reinsurer c:… …
7Treaty of Old Crossing — By the Treaty of Old Crossing (1863) and the Treaty of Old Crossing (1864), the Pembina and Red Lake bands of the Ojibwe, then known as Chippewa Indians, purportedly ceded to the United States all of their rights to the Red River Valley. On the… …
8Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo — The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ( Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish) is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United Statescite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/war/wars end guadalupe.html|title=War s End: Treaty of… …
9Treaty of Paris — ▪ Primary Source OVERTURES for peace between the United States and Spain were begun July 26, 1898, through Jules Cambon, the French ambassador, resulting, August 12, in the signing of a protocol and the suspension of hostilities.… …
10Cession — Not to be confused with session or secession. The act of Cession, or to cede, is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land transferred by treaty. Ballentine s Law Dictionary defines cession …
