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ABEYANCE
abeyance, suspension
(noun) temporary cessation or suspension
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abeyance (countable and uncountable, plural abeyances)
(legal) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]
Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]
(heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.
Source: Wiktionary
A*bey"ance, n. Etym: [OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape.]
1. (Law)
Definition: Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
Note: When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. Blackstone.
2. Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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