Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law. A county or shire; the body of a county. The territorial jurisdiction of a comes, i. e., count or earl. The county court, a court of great antiquity and of great dignity in early times. Also, the retinue or train of a prince or high governmental More...

In old English law. A county or shire; the body of a county. The territorial jurisdiction of a comes, i. e., count or earl. The county court, a court of great antiquity and of great dignity in early times. Also, the retinue or train of a prince or high governmental official. Less...

Counts or earls. Attendants or followers. Persons composing the retinue of a high functionary. Persons who are attached to the suite of a public minister.

Counts or earls. Attendants or followers. Persons composing the retinue of a high functionary. Persons who are attached to the suite of a public minister. Less...

Counts or earls palatine; those who had the government of A county palatine.

Counts or earls palatine; those who had the government of A county palatine. Less...

In Roman law. An assembly, either (1) of the Roman curiae, in which -case it was called the "comitia curiata vel cola to;" or (2) of the Roman centuries, in which case it was called the "comitia centu-riata;" or (8) of the Roman tribes, in which case it was called More...

In Roman law. An assembly, either (1) of the Roman curiae, in which -case it was called the "comitia curiata vel cola to;" or (2) of the Roman centuries, in which case it was called the "comitia centu-riata;" or (8) of the Roman tribes, in which case it was called the "comitia tributa." Only patricians were members of the first comitia, and only pleblans of the last; but the comitia centuriata comprised the entire populace, patricians and pleblans both, and was the great legislative assembly passing the leges, properly so called, as the senate passed the senatus consulta, and tbe comitia tributa passed the plebiscita. Under the Lex Hortensia, 287 B. C, the plebiscitum acquired the force of a lex. Brown. Less...

In old English law. A countess; an earl's wife.

In old English law. A countess; an earl's wife. Less...

In old English law. The dignity and office of a comes, (count or earl;) the same with what was afterwards called "comitatus." Also a companion or fellow-traveler; a troop or company of robbers. Jacob.

In old English law. The dignity and office of a comes, (count or earl;) the same with what was afterwards called "comitatus." Also a companion or fellow-traveler; a troop or company of robbers. Jacob. Less...

Courtesy; complaisance; respect; a willingness to grant a privilege, not as a matter of right but out of deference and good will. —Comity of nations. 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. More...

Courtesy; complaisance; respect; a willingness to grant a privilege, not as a matter of right but out of deference and good will. —Comity of nations. 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. It is derived altogether from the voluntary consent of the latter: and it is inadmisible when it is contrary to its known policy, or prejudicial to its interests. In the silence of any positive rule affirming or denying or restraining the operation of foreign laws, courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of them by their own government, unless repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests. It is not the comity of the courts, but the comity of the nation, which is administered and ascertained in tbe same way, and guided by the same reasoning, by which all other principles of the municipal law are ascertained and guided. Story. Confl. Laws, I 88. The comity of nations (comitas gentium) is that body of rules which states observe towards one another from courtesy or mutual convenience, although they do not form part of international law. Holtz. Bnc. s. v. Hilton v. Guyot 159 TJ. S. 113. 16 Sup. Ct 139, 40 I* Ed. 95: Fisher v. Fielding, 67 Conn. 91. 34 Atl. 714, 32 I* R. A. 236, 52 Am. St. Rep. 270; People v. Martin, 175 N. Y. 815, 67 N. E. 589, 96 Am. St Rep. 628.—Judicial comity. The principle in accordance with which the courts of one state or jurisdiction will give effect to the laws and judicial decisions of another, not as a matter of obligation, but out of deference and respect Franzen v. Zimmer, 90 Hun, 103, 35 N. Y. Supp. 612; Stowe v. Bank (C. C.) 92 Fed. 96; Mast v. Mfg. Co., 177 U. S. 485, 20 Sup. Ct. 708, 44 L. Ed. 856; Conklin v. Shipbuilding Co. (C. C.) 123 Fed. 916. Less...

An order, imperative direction, or behest State v. Mann, 2 N. C. 4; Barney v. Hayes, 11 Mont 571, 29 Pac. 282, 28 Am, St Rep. 495.

An order, imperative direction, or behest State v. Mann, 2 N. C. 4; Barney v. Hayes, 11 Mont 571, 29 Pac. 282, 28 Am, St Rep. 495. Less...

In French law. A writ served by the huissier pursuant to a judgment or to an executory notarial deed.. Its object is to give notice to the debtor that if he does not pay the sum to which he has been condemned by the judgment, or which he engaged to More...

In French law. A writ served by the huissier pursuant to a judgment or to an executory notarial deed.. Its object is to give notice to the debtor that if he does not pay the sum to which he has been condemned by the judgment, or which he engaged to pay by the notarial deed, his property will be seized and sold. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 550. Less...

By article 2, t 2, of the constitution it is declared that the president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. The term implies supreme control of military operations during the progress of a war, not only on the side of strategy and More...

By article 2, t 2, of the constitution it is declared that the president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. The term implies supreme control of military operations during the progress of a war, not only on the side of strategy and tactics, but also in reference to the political and international aspects of the war. See Fleming v. Page, 9 How. 603, 13 L. Ed. 276; Prize Cases, 2 Black, 635, 17 L. Ed. 459; Swalm v. U. S., 28 Ct d. 178. Less...