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Comity   /kˈoʊmɪti/   Listen
Comity

noun
(pl. comities)
1.
A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect.



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"Comity" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the island hardly disturbed the comity which prevailed in the north. A more serious trouble, however, arose in this region when a Roman Catholic mission appeared there in 1838. In that year a French bishop and a band of priests landed at Hokianga, ...
— A History of the English Church in New Zealand • Henry Thomas Purchas

... rights claimed under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States, the prisoner may now be summarily discharged on a writ of habeas corpus by a court or judge of the United States. Ordinarily, however, as a matter of comity, he will be left to seek his remedy in the State courts, and if without success there, on a writ of error from the Supreme Court of the United States.[Footnote: In re Neagle, 135 U. S. Reports, 1; Ex parte Royall, 117 U. S. ...
— The American Judiciary • Simeon E. Baldwin, LLD

... abandoned the federal, and united their political destiny with the anti-federal party. Although these gentlemen, as politicians, were acting in concert with Mr. Burr, yet there was no cordiality of feeling between them. In their social intercourse, however, the most perfect comity was observed; and as they were in a minority, struggling to break down a party haughty, proscriptive, and intolerant beyond any thing that the American people had beheld, they zealously united their efforts in effecting the ...
— Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete • Matthew L. Davis

... policy would be wider and more intricately interlocking trade relations, coupled with a further specialisation and mutual dependence of industry between the several countries concerned; which would mean, in terms of international comity, a lessened readiness ...
— An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation • Thorstein Veblen



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