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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.