COMPACT

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 intermarriage among the royal houses.

interstate compact.A voluntary agreement between states enacted into law in the participating states upon federal congressional approval. Cf. INTERSTATE AGREEMENT. [Cases: States  6. C.J.S. States §§ 31–32, 143.] [Blacks Law 8th]