‖n. pl. [ L. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There were three kinds of comitia: comitia curiata, or assembly of the patricians, who voted in curiæ; comitia centuriata, or assembly of the whole Roman people, who voted by centuries; and comitia tributa, or assembly of the plebeians according to their division into tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. comitialis. ] Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Comities [ L. comitas, fr. comis courteous, kind. ] Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comity of nations (International Law), the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights and privileges acquired by its citizens in their own land. By some authorities private international law rests on this comity, but the better opinion is that it is part of the common law of the land, and hence is obligatory as law.

Syn. -- Civility; good breeding; courtesy; good will. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. concomitance, fr. LL. concomitantia. ] 1. The state of accompanying; accompaniment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R.C.Ch.) The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by communicating in one kind only. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman. ] Accompanying; conjoined; attending. [ 1913 Webster ]

It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of comity; incivility; rudeness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. posse to be able, to have power + LL. comitatus a county, from comes, comitis, a count. See County, and Power. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of people; a throng; a rabble. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word comitatus is often omitted, and posse alone used. “A whole posse of enthusiasts.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if the passion that rules were the sheriff of the place, and came off with all the posse. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]