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compact definition - legal

n

An agreement between two or more parties, especially between states or a treaty between countries.
interstate compact
An agreement between two or more states that has been approved by Congress.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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