Commorientes

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Those who perish at the same time in consequence of the same calamity.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Those dying together.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Those who perish at the same time in consequence of the same calamity. See Survivor; Death.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Several persons who perish at the same time in consequence of the same calamity.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I In the civil laiv. Persons dying together, in the same place, or from the same cause.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Several persons who perish at the same time in consequence of the same calamity.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Persons dying in an accident.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from comm^rire, to die together.] In the civil law. Persons dying together, in the same place, or from the same cause. Huhhack's Evid. of Succession, 187. Dig. 84. 5. 8, 9, 16. 2 Kent's Com. 435, 436, note. 8 Meicalfs R. 371. 1 Barbour's Ch. R. 264.