Comity
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. comitas, q. v.] Courtesy. Comity of nations is the most appropriate phrase to express the true foundation and extent of the obligation of the laws of one nation within the territories of another.
Story Confi, Laws, § 38. See 20 Johns, R, 263, Piatt, J.