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- DictionaryGen·tle·man's a·gree·ment/ˈjen(t)lmənz əˌɡrēmənt/
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- 1. an arrangement or understanding which is based upon the trust of both or all parties, rather than being legally binding: "a gentleman's agreement by the grain growers not to enter the wheat market"
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A gentlemen's agreement, or gentleman's agreement, is an informal and legally non-binding agreement between two or more parties. It is typically oral, but it may be written or simply understood as part of an unspoken agreement by convention or through mutually beneficial etiquette.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907-08 was an informal arrangement between the United States and Japan to ease growing tensions between the two countries,...
Dec 31, 2022 · A gentlemen's agreement is an informal, often unwritten agreement or transaction backed only by the integrity of the counterparty to actually abide by its...
Gentlemen’s Agreement, (1907), U.S.-Japanese understanding in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the United States, except to certain categories of business and professional men.
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Rather than enacting racially discriminatory and offensive immigration laws, President Theodore Roosevelt sought to avoid offending the rising world power of Japan through this negotiated agreement by which the Japanese government limited the immigration of its own citizens.
Apr 18, 2023 · The meaning of GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT is an agreement secured only by the honor of the participants.
One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 9, 1865, a lone Confederate horseman violently waving a white towel as a flag of truce galloped up to the men of the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry near...
