Meaning & use
commorant
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Residing or dwelling in a particular place, especially as a legal term of domicile.
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The document listed him as commorant in Edinburgh at the time of the dispute.
Under Scots law, a person commorant within the jurisdiction could be summoned to appear in court.
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"Commorant" derives from the Latin "commorari," meaning "to stay" or "sojourn," and survives chiefly in older Scottish legal usage.
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