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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
comity
 
SYLLABICATION:com·i·ty
PRONUNCIATION:  km-t
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. com·i·ties
1. An atmosphere of social harmony. 2. See comity of nations (sense 2). 3. The principle by which the courts of one jurisdiction may accede or give effect to the laws or decisions of another.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin cmits, from cmis, friendly. See smei- in Appendix I.
 
 
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