[Middle English treatis, from Anglo-Norman tretiz, alteration of treteiz, from Vulgar Latin *tractātīcius, from Latin tractātus, past participle of tractāre, to drag about, deal with. See treat.]
A scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as criminal law or land-use control.
Lawyers commonly use treatises in order to review the law and update their knowledge of pertinent case decisions and statutes.
noun
The noun treatise has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a formal exposition
A treatise is a systematic analysis of a certain subject. Famous treatises have been written by philosophers including Sun Tzu, Aristotle, John Locke, David Hume, Rene Descartes, William Godwin, Karl Marx, and others. A number of theologians have also written treatises on certain aspects of faith.
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Nederlands (Dutch)
verhandeling
Franais (French)
trait, essai
Deutsch (German)
n. - Abhandlung
ή (Greek)
n. ί, ή
Italiano (Italian)
trattato, dissertazione
Portugus (Portuguese)
n. - tratado (obra sobre determinado assunto) (m)
Русский (Russian)
трактат
Espaol (Spanish)
n. - tratado, relacin, narracin
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avhandling
中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
n. - 论文, 论述
中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
n. - 論文, 論述
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 論文
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) رساله, بحث
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מחקר, מסה
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