Obs. [a. OF. compaction (15th c. in Godef.), n. of action from L. compacisci, compact-.] The making of a compact or agreement; an agreement made, a compact.
a. 1528. Skelton, Image Hypocr., Wks. II. 353. His holy actions Be satisfactions Of false compactions.
1534. Whitinton, Tullyes Offices, III. (1540), 155. If a phicisyon … bynde the pacyent by compactyon that he shall not vse that medicyne any tyme after.
1538–9. Instr. Hen. VIII. Visit. Monast. (Hist. Repr. Edin. 1886), 15. Whether the master … doth make any compaction whereby any lucre may ensue to him.
