DCHP-3

Old Compact

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the name applied to the governing class in Upper Canada prior to 1837, and in particular to the executive and legislative councils of that province.

See: Family Compact(def. 1)

Quotations

1853
Of all the "alliances" yet formed, or yet attempted to be formed, perhaps that now in process of incubation between the extreme "Clear grits" and the extreme "Old Compact" is the most "unholy."