The phrase "invoke the treaty" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to utilize or call upon a treaty in a situation or argument. It is typically used when discussing international agreements or legal documents. Example: The country's leaders decided to invoke the treaty they had signed with their neighboring nation in order to settle the border dispute peacefully.
But American officials said that neither side was likely to invoke the treaty in this case because Manila's confrontation with Beijing is over disputed territory.
3 Although the Treaty does not expressly prohibit such abductions, the Court of Appeals held that the "purpose" of the Treaty was violated by a forcible abduction, 939 F.2d, at 1350, which, along with a formal protest by the offended nation, would give a defendant the right to invoke the Treaty violation to defeat jurisdiction of the district court to try him.
The radical clan Reprints Related items Spain: Time for bubbly?Apr 24th 1997The Italians will invoke the treaty's wiggle-words that allow for an excess provided the deficit "has declined substantially and comes close to the [3%] reference value".
Orodes protested and invoked the treaty of friendship in vain.
Vodafone said in an April filing with the London Stock Exchange that its Dutch subsidiary, Vodafone International Holdings BV had served the Indian government with a "Notice of Dispute" invoking the treaty, which is the first step towards demanding international arbitration over the issue.
It is well accepted that there is a class of international agreements that the president can commit the United States to on his own authority, without invoking the treaty process.
The Soviet Union invoked the treaty when it decided to move Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia in August 1968 to bring the Czechoslovak regime back into the fold after it had begun lifting restraints on freedom of expression and had sought closer relations with the West.
Invoking the treaty would give the U.S. an elegant way to intervene in Venezuela without a declaration of war, allowing the Trump administration to circumvent a Congress that's not eager for another unending war abroad.
Washington has insisted on ratifying human rights treaties with reservations that preclude Americans from invoking the treaties in court to challenge official misconduct.
However, if Britain now comes crawling back after a second referendum (or after failing to invoke the E.U. treaty article that would start the exit process), it will be in an even weaker position.
France's decision to invoke the EU treaty's mutual defence clause and to ask for EU member states' help in its "war" against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) should serve as an incentive to strengthen European security and defence, said MEPs in a resolution passed on Thursday.
