See also:

• COMITY (from the Lat. comitas, courtesy, from antis, friendly, courteous)

COMITY (from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. comitas, See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy, from antis, friendly, courteous)  , friendly or courteous behaviour; a See also:

• TERM

term particularly used in See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, in the phrase " See also:

• COMITY (from the Lat. comitas, courtesy, from antis, friendly, courteous)

comity of nations, " for the See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy of nations towards each other . This has been held by some authorities to be the basis for the recognition by courts of law of the judgments and rules of law of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign tribunals (see INTERNATIONAL LAW, PRIVATE) . " Comity of nations " is sometimes wrongly used, from a confusion with the Latin comes, a See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion, for the whole See also:

• BODY

body or See also:

• COMPANY

company of nations practising such international courtesy .