tpaction

[Lat. pactio, from pact us, pa. par. of paciscor =to stipulate; Fr. paction.] A compact, a bargain, an agreement. [PACT.] "They cannot change the right of the Commonwealth by their pactions."-Prynne: Treachery and Disloyalty. (App. p. 170.) păc-tion-al, adj. [Eng. paction; -al.] Of the nature of a compact or agreement; by way of com pact. are not pactional and con "The several duties ditional."-Sanders on: Cases of Conscience, p. 126. tpăc-ti-tious, a. [Lat. pact it i us , pacticius , from pact us , pa. par. of paciscor =to stipulate, to agree.] Settled by compact or agreement. [PAСТ.] Păc-to-li-an, adj . [See def.] Of or pertaining to Pactolus (now Bagouly), a celebrated river of Lydia, rising on Mount Tmolus, and falling into the Hermus after watering the city Sardes. It was păc-tum, s. [Lat.=a pact (q.v.).] Scots Law : An agreement or contract between two or more persons to do or give anything. pactum-illicitum, s . Scots Law : A term applied to all contracts opposed to law, as being either contra legem (=contrary to the law), or contra bonos mores (=opposed to or inconsistent with morality or sound policy). *păct-ure, s . [Lat. pact us , pa. par. of pan go to compose.1 Composition. "The stone of this country has naturally a slaty pact ure."-Archæologia xxxiv. 92. păc-u, s. [South American name.] Ichthy.: Myletes paco (Humboldt), a very large species of Salmon ide. It is good eating. pā'-cŭl, s. [Native name.] Bot.: A variety of plantain furnishing part of the Manilla hemp. ( Treas of Bot.)