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Covenant of the League of Nations

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noun

  1. the constitution of the League of Nations, included as the first 26 articles in the Treaty of Versailles, in which the organization and purpose of the League were set forth.


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On the whole, the policy of Japan has unquestionably been conducted without too nice regard for the obligations which she assumed when she signed the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Nine-Power Treaty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Revision is not absurd or impossible, since the possibility of revision is contemplated in the Covenant of the League of Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have refused to ratify the Covenant of the League of Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not for M. Avenol to interpret the Covenant of the League of Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

On that day the plenary session of the Conference adopted without a word of dissent the revised Covenant of the League of Nations, including the amendment that formally recognized the validity of the Monroe Doctrine.

From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour

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