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co·mi·ty /'kä-mə-tē, 'kō-/ n2: the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another – called also judicial comity; compare choice of law, federalism, full faith and credit
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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accommodation, accord, affability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amity, benevolence, camaraderie, civility, compliance, concord, considerateness, consideration, cordiality, courtesy, courtly politeness, deference, disposition to please, fellow feeling, friendliness, general reciprocity, gentility, good-fellowship, good will, graciousness, harmony, mansuetude, mutual consideration, mutual respect, neighborliness, obligingness, politeness, prevenance, reciprocity, respect, respectfulness
associated concepts: comity between courts, comity in conflict of laws, comity of nations, comity of states
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compatibility, courtesy
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.(1) Courtesy toward others.(2) The judicial practice of one court recognizing the decisions of courts from other jurisdictions out of respect.See also full faith and credit
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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(kom-i-tee) The principle that one jurisdiction will recognize the executive, legislative, and judicial acts of another jurisdiction and will give effect to the other's laws.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The deference and recognition that the courts of one jurisdiction give to the law and the judicial decisions and proceedings of another jurisdiction as a matter of courtesy and respect rather than out of obligation. For example, comity normally prevents a federal court from interfering with a state criminal action. Likewise, American courts usually recognize the judicial decisions (for example, a judgment or a divorce decree) of another country if it is determined that the judicial procedures of that country are substantially fair.See also abstention, full faith and credit, relinquishment.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Courtesy; respect; a disposition to perform some official act out of goodwill and tradition rather than obligation or law. The acceptance or adoption of decisions or laws by a court of another jurisdiction, either foreign or domestic, based on public policy rather than legal mandate.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Courtesy; respect; a disposition to perform some official act out of goodwill and tradition rather than obligation or law. The acceptance or adoption of decisions or laws by a court of another jurisdiction, either foreign or domestic, based on public policy rather than legal mandate.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.when one court defers to the jurisdiction of another in a case in which both would have the right to handle the case. Usually this is applied to a federal court allowing a state court to try a criminal case (either exclusively or first) in which both a state and federal crime has apparently been committed. Murder which also violates civil rights, kidnapping across state borders, murder of a federal official, fraud involving violations of both federal and state laws are examples of cases to which comity may apply.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
