Legal glossary category
International Law
Browse 7 glossary entries in the International Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
country
Imagine your classroom is a country.
Open term →depositary
Think of a school librarian holding all the permission slips for field trips; that librarian is the depositary.
Open term →foreign
If you promise your neighbor (a domestic person) something, but a company from another state agrees (a foreign entity), the rules of *your* neighbo...
Open term →foreign assets
Foreign assets are like your allowance saved in a piggy bank overseas.
Open term →import
Buying something from another country is like borrowing a book from another school's library: your own librarian checks it first, and you pay any f...
Open term →trade
It's like when you trade your favorite baseball card for a sticker from another state; that border crossing makes it an international trade.
Open term →treaty
A treaty acts like a super-important permission slip signed by two countries, meaning both nations absolutely must follow its rules forever.
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