comity of nations

British  

noun

1. the friendly recognition accorded by one nation to the laws and usages of another

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Example Sentences

He said the step clashed with an international concept of the “comity of nations,” which recognizes that countries’ laws have territorial limits.

From Seattle Times

The practical effect of the sanctions — beyond the breach of comity of nations — may well be overblown.

From New York Times

Each had made the people of this doubly landlocked country — one of only two, the other being Liechtenstein — of 34 million part of a greater world, a cosmopolis, a comity of nations.

From New York Times

Soccer had allowed Costa Rica entry to what the Afro-Trinidadian historian C. L. R. James once called “the comity of nations.”

From New York Times

But for many people in the Balkans, and particularly in Bosnia, being enfolded one day into the European Union, a comity of nations whose charter commits its members to peace, is a paramount ambition.

From New York Times