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Family Compactism

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the doctrine and principles of the Family Compact (def. 1).

See: Family Compact

Quotations

1849

Witness the granting of Responsible Government to Canada instead of a Family Compactism.

1850

We suppose they followed the usual fashion of land-claim buyers, whether in the good old days of Family Compactism, or in these days of sharper practice.