Dictionary entry

Commorant

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com″mo‐rant (?), n. [L. commorans, p. pr. of commorari to abide; com- + morari to delay.] 1. (Law) Ordinarily residing; inhabiting.

All freeholders within the precinct... and all persons commorant therein.

Blackstone.

2. (Am. Law) Inhabiting or occupying temporarily.