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comparuit ad diem (k<<schwa>>m-pair-oo-wit ad dI-<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin “he appeared to the day”] Hist. A plea averring that the defendant appeared in court as required and did not forfeit the bail bond. [Blacks Law 8th]

comparative-sales approach.See MARKET APPROACH. COMPARATOR comparator (k<<schwa>>m-par-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r or kom-p<<schwa>>-ray-t<< schwa>>r). Something with which something else is compared <the female plaintiffs alleged illegal wage discrimination and contrasted their pay with that of male comparators>. [Blacks Law 8th]

comparative rectitude.Family law. Archaic. The degree to which one spouse is less culpable than the other in damaging the marriage, so that even though both spouses are at fault, the less culpable spouse may successfully petition for a separation or divorce. • Comparative rectitude tempers the doctrine of recrimination by making a divorce possible even…

  comparative nomothetics.The analysis of the merits of legal systems. [Blacks Law 8th]

comparative nomoscopy.The description of the world’s legal systems.[Blacks Law 8th]

comparative nomogenetics.The study of the development of the world’s legal ideas and systems. • This term, like comparative nomoscopy and comparative nomothetics, was devised by John Henry Wigmore. See John Henry Wigmore, A Panorama of the World’s Legal Systems 1121 (libr. ed. 1936). [Blacks Law 8th]

comparative-negligence doctrine.Torts. The principle that reduces a plaintiff’s recovery proportionally to the plaintiff’s degree of fault in causing the damage, rather than barring recovery completely. • Most states have statutorily adopted the comparative-negligence doctrine. See NEGLIGENCE. Cf. CONTRIBUTO-RY-NEGLIGENCE DOCTRINE. [Cases: Negligence 549.C.J.S. Negligence §§ 262–264.] [Blacks Law 8th]

comparative negligence.See NEGLIGENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

comparative legislation.A species of comparative law seeking to define the common link for modern statutory doctrines, concerned with the development of legal study as a social science and with awakening an international legal consciousness. Cf. descriptive comparative law under COMPARATIVE LAW; COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY. [Blacks Law 8th]

comparative legal history.A species of comparative law seeking to establish a universal history of law, so that the succession of social phenomena influencing the evolution of the legal world might be better understood. • This field is closely allied to ethnological jurisprudence, folklore, legal sociology, and jurisprudence. — Also termed comparative history of law. Cf. descriptive…