Comity (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.
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Comity is the legal doctrine under which countries recognize and enforce each others' legal decrees. Comity usually arises in two situations in family law. The first is where a divorce is granted by another country.
Comity
Respect, courtesy and adoption or enforcement of laws of one country or one jurisdiction by another. The ruling and application of law of one can be made applicable for cases which both have the rights to handle.
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COMITY
The principle by which the courts of one jurisdiction may consent to the laws or decisions of another. The comity of nations refers to the recognition accorded by one nation to the laws and institutions of another.
COMITY: A code of etiquette that governs the interactions of courts in different states, localities and foreign countries. Courts generally agree to defer scheduling a trial if the same issues are being tried in a court in another jurisdiction.
COMITY OF STATES: The practice by which the courts of one state recognize the laws and judicial decisions of another state.
comity
n. when one court defers to the jurisdiction of another in a case in which both would have the right to handle the case.
COMITY. Courtesy; a disposition to accomodate.
2. Courts of justice in one state will, out of comity, enforce the laws of another state, when by such enforcement they will not violate their laws or inflict.
as distinguished from mechanical application of rules <prompted by considerations of ~> <comity between nations, and ~ require it to be paid for F. A. Magruder>
b : something that is equitable ...
Before the twentieth century, the most contentious issue was comity. The Court generally held that states had to recognize the legitimacy of marriage entered into in other states. However, with Reynolds v.
Where no convention exists the status of an immigrant corporation depends upon international comity, which allows foreign corporations, as it does foreign persons, to sue, to make contracts and hold real estate, ...
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