Comity


 * Note: not to be confused with "committee".

"Comity" means:


 * 1) mutual courtesy; civility.
 * 2) Also called comity of nations. courtesy between nations, as in respect shown by one country for the laws, judicial decisions, and institutions of another.
 * 3) Friendly social atmosphere.
 * 4) A social harmony group activities promoting comity bipartisan comity in the Senate.
 * 5) A loose widespread community based on common social institutions the comity of civilization.
 * 6) Comity of nations trans-Atlantic comity.
 * 7) The informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another.
 * Plural- comities.


 * Sources: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/comity, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comity, http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=comity and http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Comity