{n} an assembly, meeting, temporary treaty, an assembly of representatives to form a constitution
Binding agreement between states; used synonymously with Treaty and Covenant Conventions are stronger than Declarations because they are legally binding for governments that have signed them When the UN General Assembly adopts a convention, it creates international norms and standards Once a convention is adopted by the UN General Assembly, Member States can then Ratify the convention, promising to uphold it Governments that violate the standards set forth in a convention can then be censured by the UN
A theatrical custom that the audience accepts without thinking, such as "when the curtain comes down, the play is over " Each period and culture develops its own dramatic conventions, which playwrights may either accept or violate
indicates that the item identified in _item_related related_name differs from the defined item only in terms of a convention in its expression
A technique, practice, or procedure that is established by usage and widely accepted
A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society. It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at
A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group. the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists. the Republican convention. = conference. Annapolis Convention Constitutional Convention Gastein Convention of Hartford Convention Montreux Convention Nashville Convention National Convention Convention Nationale political convention Convention on Biological Diversity Seneca Falls Convention Bern Convention International Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
`Filing by the Convention' means obeying the rules established by the 1883 Paris Convention This usually has the connotation of filing foreign applications within 12 months of the priority date application