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Meaning of Compact
A contract ; an agreement . Green v Biddle, 8 Wheat 1, 5 L.Ed. 547.
Compact Alternative Definition
Closely and firmly united, as the parts or particles of solid bodies having the parts or particles packed together; close; solid; dense. 270 111: 534; 261 111. 99; 155 111. 478. An agreement; a contract between parties, which creates obligations and rights capable of being enforced, and contemplated as such between the parties, in their distinct and independent characters. Story, Const, bk. 3, c. 3; Rutherforth, Inst. bk. 2, c. 6, § 1. The parties may be nations, states, or individuals, but it is commonly applied to the former, and in this sense is a broader term than “treaty.” 14 Pet. (U.S.) 572. As applied to individuals, it is synonymous with “contract.” 8 Wheat. (U.S.) 92.COMPANAGE. In old English Law any meat or other edibles to be eaten with bread; a relish with bread, as butter, cheese, meat, fish, fruit, etc. “Any meat, or other edibles to be eat with bread.” (Cowell, Interp.: cp. Spelman, Gloss.) “Every two workmen had three Boonloaves with companage allowed them.” (Blount, Anc. Ten., 3).’
Synonyms of Compact
(Dense), adjective
- arranged within a small space
- bunched
- close
- closeknit
- closeset
- close together
- closely united
- clustered
- cohesive
- compacted
- compressed
- concentrated
- condensed
- consolidated
- constricted
- constringed
- contracted
- crammed
- crowded
- densified
- economical of space
- firm
- firmly united
- forced into smaller space
- hard
- massed
- massive
- packed
- populous
- pressed into smaller compass
- pressed together
- rammed
- serried
- solid
- solidified
- space saving
- squeezed together
- stuffed
- thick
- tight
- tightly knit
(Pithy), adjective
- abbreviated
- abbreviatory
- abridged
- abstracted
- aphoristic
- aphoristical
- apothegmatic
- apothegmatical
- brief
- compendious
- concise
- condensed
- contracted
- crisp
- curt
- digested
- direct
- epigrammatic
- epitomized
- expressed concisely
- gnomic
- gnomical
- laconic
- meaty
- outlined
- pointed
- recapitulated
- sententious
- short
- shortened
- shrunk
- straightforward
- succinct
- summarized
- summary
- summed up
- synoptic
- telescoped
- terse
- tidy
- to the point
- trim
noun
- agreement
- agreement between parties
- arrangement
- bargain
- cartel
- commitment
- compromise
- concord
- concordat
- contract
- contractual obligation
- contractual statement
- convention
- conventus
- covenant
- deal
- entente
- entente cordiale
- indenture
- mutual pledge
- mutual promise
- obligation
- pact
- pactio
- pactum
- pledge
- promise
- stipulation
- treaty
- understanding Associated Concepts: interstate compact foreign phrases: Pacta privata juri publico derogare non possunt
- Private compacts cannot derogate from public right
- Re
- verbis
- scripto
- consensu
- traditione
- junctura vestes sumerepactasolent
- Agreements usually take their clothing from the thing itself
- from words
- from writing
- from consent
- from delivery
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Compact in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
An agreement or contract – between independent sovereignties. 1 Bl. Com. 45.
Note: This legal definition of Compact in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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