With reference to international agreements, "every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith."

If this is the case, the treaties are binding even to countries who did not sign them,whenever they engage in armed conflicts.

That is an invaluable enterprise because the treaty binds some 169 nations not to acquire nuclear arms.

In some areas of arms control, the administration believes that treaties bind only the honest but give cover to the cheat.

So although the treaty was binding on the two states it was not seen by many western members of the international community as a definitive.

The treaty binds each state to assist the other whenever either is unjustly attacked.

A treaty may bind the government in international law but will normally be given effect within this country by the passing of legislation.

No treaty could bind an independent government not to seek or receive aid from any country it might choose.

The United States and France need no treaty to bind them together.

They want secession from the union, not a new treaty binding them into it.