Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

judicial comity

The respect a court of one state or jurisdiction shows to another state or jurisdiction in giving effect to the other's laws and judicial decisions.2. A rule of law having its origin in courtesy among political entities. 3. INTERNATIONAL LAW. 0 This sense is considered a misusage: "[I]n Anglo-American jurisprudence, ... the term is also misleadingly found to be used as a synonym for international law." Peter Macalister-Smith, "Comity," in 1 Encyclopedia of Public International Law 672 (1992).