Commorancy
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. commorantia, from commorari, to stay, or sojourn.] The dwelling in any place as an inhabitant; which consists in usually lying there.
4 Bl. Com. 273.
In American law it is used to denote a mere temporary residence.
Shaw, C. J., 19 Pick. R. 247, 248.