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compact n. 协定；条约；合同；契约 １个人、国家、州之间的协议或契约。在美国，通常指州之间就相互间的事务达成的协议；２当事人以其独立人格订立的设定其相互之间可强制执行的权利和义务的合同。作为该合同的标的可以是财产、权利、作为、不作为。 (→compact clause; interstate compact; treaty) a.紧密的；坚实的；密集的；紧凑的；集中的
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compact (kom-pakt), n. An agreement or covenant between two or more parties, esp. between governments or states. family compact. An agreement to further common interests made between related people or within a group that behaves as a family. • Historically, some international treaties among nations ruled by monarchs have been called family compacts because of