the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An agreement; a compact; a bargain.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A compact, agreement, or contract.
n. Specifically In international law, a contract between nations which is to be performed by a single act, and of which execution is at an end at once.
Word Usage
"Now, this I hold to be a breach of the paction betwixt us, by which — that is, by that which"