Comities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Comity \Com"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Comities}. [L. comitas, fr. comis
     courteous, kind.]
     Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals;
     friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of
     States.
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     {Comity of nations} (International Law), the courtesy by
        which nations recognize within their own territory, or in
        their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation
        or the rights and privileges acquired by its citizens in
        their own land. By some authorities private international
        law rests on this comity, but the better opinion is that
        it is part of the common law of the land, and hence is
        obligatory as law.
  
     Syn: Civility; good breeding; courtesy; good will.
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