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Definition of Comity of nations
1. Noun. Courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comity Of Nations
Literary usage of Comity of nations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Nations Considered as Independent Political Communities by Travers Twiss (1861)
"... European Courts of Justice under the Comity of Nations presume the tacit
adoption of the Laws of a Foreign Nation by their own Government, ..."
2. Outlines of International Law by Charles Herbert Stockton (1914)
"These are international private law, or the conflict of laws; international
comity, or the comity of nations; international state policy, or diplomacy; ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... such courts, by the comity of nations, would probably follow the decision of
the Court of Probate in this country, as being the country of domicil (m). ..."
4. Recent Economic Changes and Their Effect on the Production and Distribution by David Ames Wells (1889)
"... the United States—Restrictions on immigration and residence—Retrogression in
the comity of nations—Results of tariff conflicts in Europe—The development ..."
5. Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815 by Henry Morse Stephens (1904)
"(1795)—The Treaties of Basle—France again enters the Comity of Nations. THE first
months of 1793 found France at war with Europe. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"... home executor or administrator to an ancillary probate or grant of administration
in a foreign country is usually admitted, by the comity of nations, ..."
7. Commentaries Upon Martial Law: With Special Reference to Its Regulation and by William Francis Finlason, Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1867)
"Upon the same general principles of natural justice, practical convenience, and
comity of nations, on which the law of the foreign country or colony is ..."
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