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▪ I. paction, n. Now chiefly Sc.|ˈpækʃən|
Also 5–6 paccyon, 5 pactyon, 6 -tione, 6–7 -tioun.
[a. OF. paction, paccion (14th c. in Godef.), ad. L. pactiōnem, n. of action from paciscĕre to agree, covenant.]
a. The action of making a bargain or pact; a bargain, agreement, compact, contract.
1471Caxton Recuyell (ed. Sommer) 8 The paccion and promys that he maad to his broder Tytan. 1484― Fables of æsop ii. xi, The convenaunces and pactyons made by drede and force oughte not to be holden. 1566Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 489 Ony setting, promeis, taking, pactioun, or conditioun. 1657W. Morice Coena quasi κοινή v. 51 He entred into paction with man. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 82 The provisions that the wife is entitled to, either by law or by paction. 1856Bouvier Law Dict. (ed. 6) II. 277 Pactions. International Law. When contracts between nations are to be performed by a single act, and their execution is at an end at once, they are not called treaties, but agreements, conventions or pactions. 1865Maffei Brigand Life II. App. 311 Such pactions with the assassins as the Bourbonist kings were not ashamed to enter into. 1883Wharton's Law Lexicon (ed. 7) 586/1 Paction, a bargain or covenant. 1964Mod. Law Rev. XXVII. 314 In Learmonth v. Sinclair's Trustees..Moncrieff L.J.-C. said:..Now custom, whether general or local, when it is effectual operates not by implied paction or contract but by law.
b. Those leagued together, a confederation.
1877Black Green Past. xx, And fight the whole paction of your enemies in Englebury.
▪ II. ˈpaction, v. Sc.
[a. F. pactioner, -onner (14th c.), f. paction: see prec.]
a. trans. To covenant or agree to (something);
b. intr. To make a paction.
1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. Postscr. 8 The King of Scotland is obliged at his coronation to paction under his great oath the preservation of the established Religion. 1725Macfarlane Genealog. Collect. (1900) II. 87 John Bisset..pactioned with Brisius Bishop of Murray anent the Transportation of Ecclesia St. Mauritij to Balbray. a1839Galt Demon Destiny iii. 27 When they had paction'd to proceed together. |