treaty clause

treaty clause
n.
A clause in the Constitution that gives the president the power to make treaties with other nations and the Senate the right to approve them.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


treaty clause
n. The provision of the United State Constitution that vests the power to make treaties in the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and a concurrence of two-thirds of that body.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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