compact

The compact—the legislative means—adapts to our Union of sovereign States the age-old treaty making power of independent sovereign nations.

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.-

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 b. 3, c. o; Rutherf. Inst b. 2, c. 6, § 1. The parties may be nations, states, or individuals; but the constitution of the United States declares that "no state shall, without the consent of congress, enter into agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power." See Marlatt v. Silk, 11 Pet. (U. S.) l, 9 L. Ed. <\<)<j: Poole v. Fl< 11 Pet (U. S.) 1S5, 9 L. lA. 680; Gn Biddle, 8 Wheat. (U. S.) 1, 5 L. Ed. 547.

An agreement or contract, usually of solemn kind; a contract or engagement between or the individuals of a community.

An agreement or contract. Usually applied to conventions between nations or sovereign states. A compact is a mutual consent of parties concerned respecting some property or right that is the object of the stipulation, or something that is to be done orforborne. 4 Gill &J.1. The terms “compact” and “contract” are synonymous. 8 Wheat. 1, 92.

An agreement or contract — between independent sovereignties.! Original or social compact. The implied contract of association of individuals in a community, by which, in return for the beneiits of the association, the individual surrenders such of his natural freedom as is necessary for the good of society. Thereby, whatever power the individual had to punish offenses against the law of nature is vested in the magistrate — the sovereign power.'' See Body, 2, Corporate. COMPAiry. 1. The member of a partnership (q. V.) whose name does not appear in the name of the firm. The use of the collective designation " & Co.," as part of the name of a firm, creates a presumption that there is a partner in addition to the person or persons whose names are given; but this presumption is rebuttable. Statutes in Louisiana and New York forbid the use of the addition unless an actual partner is represented by it; but a fanciful title, such as "Eureka Co.," may still be used; and the reference may be to a person under disability. Such statutes are intended to protect persons who give credit to, not those who obtain credit from, a flrm.» 3. Applied to persons 'engaged in trade, those united for the same purpose or in a joint concern.* "Company" or" association," when used in the Eevised Statutes, acts or resolutions of Congress, in reference to corporations, shall be deemd to embrace the words " successors and assigns of such company or association " in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. » The simple word " company " will include individuals as well as corporations.' Often designates a numerous association, chartered or unchartered. Every imincorporated company is a partnership. See Association; Partnership, Limited; Stock, 3 (2); Bubble; Express; Prospectus; Eailroad; Tei/eqraph; Transportation. ' See 8 Wheat. 92; 11 Pet. 185; 1 Bl. Com. 45. 2 1 Bl. Com. 233, 299; 3 id. 160; 4 id. 8, 71, 382. See 1 Shars. Bl. Com. 232; Atlantic Monthly, June, 1887, p. 760, article by A. L. Lowell, who undertakes to show that the theory, first propounded in 1594 by Eichard Hooker, adopted by Hobbs, Locke, Rousseau, the framers of the constitution of Massachusetts, and Kant, has been made the servant of absolutism, democracy, revolution, and transcendental ethics. s 1 Bates, Partn. §§ 191, 198, cases; Gay v. Seibold, 97 N. Y. 476 (1884); Lauferty v. Wheeler, 11 Daly, 197 (1882); Zimmerman v. Erhard, 83 N. Y. 76 (1880); Kent V. Mojoiner, 36 La. An. 259 (1884). • Palmer v. Pinkham, 33 Me. 36 (1851), Shepley, C. J.

contracts; inits more 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. B. 3, c. 3; Rutherf. Inst. B. 2, c. 6, § 1.