RESERVATION

Reservation

A reservation in international law is a caveat to a state's acceptance of a treaty. A reservation is defined by the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties as:

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reservation

Noun

  1. The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
  2. Something that is withheld or kept back.
  3. A limiting qualification (often used in the plural).
    I have reservations about your intentions.
  4. A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian ).
  5. An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
  6. the area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.


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