Definition of comity
comity \KAH-muh-tee or KOH-muh-tee\ (noun) -
Friendly civility; courtesy.
"A proper system of government, ... if it be founded in reason and comity,
will be more likely to nourish in the minds of our youth the combined spirit of
order and self-respect." (Thomas Jefferson, "Report of the Commissioners for the
University of Virginia," August 4, 1818)
From the Latin "comitas," meaning "courteousness. First used by English
clergyman Thomas Becon in 1543, "comity" is largely used in political and
judicial contexts. Since 1862 "comity of nations" has referred to countries
bound by a courteous relationship based on mutual recognition of executive,
legislative, and judicial acts. And, in legal contexts, "comity" refers to the
recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of
another.
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