Guadalupe Hidalgo
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
TREATY OF. A treaty between the United States and Mexico, terminating the Mexican War, dated February 2, 1848. It was communicated by the president to the senate on February 23, 1848, and having been amended by the senate and ratified, it was afterwards ratified by the Mexican congress, both bouses of which were required to concur. It was somewhat modified by the treaty with Mexico of 1853, by which a large territory was acquired from Mexico. See Gadsden PimcHASE.