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COMITY(law)
Comity Of Nations(law)

Tenebrae (iou) and COMITY (law)


Tenebrae (iou)



Tenebrae noun. M17.
[Latin = darkness.]
Ecclesiastical History. The office of matins and lauds as formerly sung on the last three days of Holy Week, at which candles were successively extinguished in memory of the darkness during the crucifixion. Also, this office set to Music.

COMITY (law)




A code of Etiquette that governs the interactions of courts in different states, localities and foreign countries. Courts generally agree to defer scheduling a trial if the same issues are being tried in a court in another jurisdiction. In addition, court