comity

• “FRANKEN: You know it's -- the Senate is an institution that prides itself on what it calls comity, to be distinguished from comedy, but comity, which means intense politeness no matter what, no matter how insincere.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2006

• “Therefore we cannot fit Greece into the jig-saw puzzle which we call the comity of nations.”

  Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921

• “Then Ansari, a member of the parliament took the floor and talked about the "fact finding" committee and the fact that everyone in that comity is an Ahmadinejad supporter and therefore questioned the legitimacy of the committee.”

  The Huffington Post: Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18)

• “The principle of comity is that when one court exercising proper jurisdiction renders an opinion concerning a specific case, then that opinion is binding on other courts to which this same case (same parties, same facts, same issues) is re-presented to a different court under some pretext, except where the second court is exercising appellate review over the first decision.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District?

• “In the name of comity, the White House went along with the headstrong senator.”

  Simon & Schuster: COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE

• “Like Steve Martin once said, comity is not pretty!”

  Matthew Yglesias » Defending Mitt

• “Interracial comity is stronger in the field than in the garrison, stronger on duty than off, and stronger on post than in the world beyond the base …”

  The Military

• “They’re not the Senate, thank God, the over-riding need for Senators to have comity is well known and oft described here.”

  The GOP/White House ‘discussion’ on health care, simplified. | RedState

• “Yeah, it means all comity is dead, but that’s dead already.”

  With regard to the health care rationing bill passing: Don’t get mad. | RedState

• “Note, there’s nothing in that passage about limiting Charming Betsy to foreign claimants, or cases where international comity is at issue.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » An Eminently Sound Approach to (Supposed) International Human Rights Norms, from the Ninth Circuit

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