Commorancy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commorancy \Com"mo*ran*cy\, n.
     1. (Law) A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place;
        habitation.
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              Commorancy consists in usually lying there.


                                                    --Blackstone.
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     2. (Am. Law) Residence temporarily, or for a short time.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  COMMORANCY, persons. An abiding dwelling, or continuing as an inhabitant in 
  any place. It consists, properly, in sleeping usually in one place.,