"abeyance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbeɪ.əns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Arlo Barnes-abeyance.wav , en-ca-abeyance.ogg Forms: abeyances [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1528. From Anglo-Norman abeiance (“legal expectation”), from Old French abeance (“desire”) from abeër (“to gape at, aspire after”), abaer, abair (“to desire”), from a (“to”) + baër (“to gape”), bair (“yawn”), from Medieval Latin batō (“to yawn”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|abeiance||legal expectation}} Anglo-Norman abeiance (“legal expectation”), {{der|en|fro|abeance||desire}} Old French abeance (“desire”), {{bor|en|ML.|batō||to yawn}} Medieval Latin batō (“to yawn”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abeyance (countable and uncountable, plural abeyances)
  1. (law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (expectancy; condition of being undetermined): временно бездействие (vremenno bezdejstvie) (Bulgarian), изчакване (izčakvane) (Bulgarian), onbeslistheid (Dutch), onzekerheid (Dutch), onbeheerdheid [masculine] (Dutch), jäädytys (Finnish), jäädytettynä (note: in abeyance) (Finnish), vacance [feminine] (French), vacant (note: in abeyance) (French), Schwebezustand [masculine] (German), Unentschiedenheit [feminine] (German), iŋyaŋke ṡni (Lakota), uavklart (Norwegian), pendência (Portuguese), состоя́ние неопределённости (sostojánije neopredeljónnosti) [neuter] (Russian), expectativa [feminine] (Spanish), esperanza [feminine] (Spanish), suspenso [masculine] (Spanish) Translations (heraldry: expectancy of a title): onbruik [neuter] (Dutch), lepääminen (Finnish), lepäämässä (note: in abeyance) (Finnish), vacance [feminine] (French), vacância [feminine] (Portuguese), vacatura [feminine] (Portuguese), vagatura [feminine] (Portuguese)
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  2. Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (suspension; temporary suppression): суспендиране (suspendirane) (Bulgarian), opschorting (Dutch), uitstel (Dutch), lykkäys (Finnish), lykättynä (note: in abeyance) (Finnish), suspension [feminine] (French), en suspens (note: in abeyance) (French), fionraí [feminine] (Irish), sospensione [feminine] (Italian), 停止 (teishi) (Japanese), мирување (miruvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), utsettelse (Norwegian), suspensão [feminine] (Portuguese), pendência [feminine] (Portuguese), приостановле́ние (priostanovlénije) [neuter] (Russian), suspensión [feminine] (Spanish), desuso [masculine] (Spanish), suspenso [masculine] (Spanish), träda [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-abeyance-en-noun-5w7Skm3A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 29 32 Disambiguation of 'suspension; temporary suppression': 3 94 3
  3. Expectancy of a noble or armigeral title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abeyancy, in abeyance

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.",
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          "text": "Yet sometimes the fee may be in abeyance, that is (as the word signifies) in expectation, remembrance, and contemplation in law; there being no person in esse, in whom it can vest and abide […]",
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          "ref": "1985 [1967], John Bartholomew & Son Limited, “Antarctica”, in The Times Atlas of the World, 7th comprehensive edition, Times Books Limited, →ISBN, plate 123:",
          "text": "Note: Under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 all territorial claims are held under abeyance in the interest of international co-operation for scientific purposes.",
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      "sense": "expectancy; condition of being undetermined",
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      "word": "Schwebezustand"
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      "sense": "expectancy; condition of being undetermined",
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      "sense": "expectancy; condition of being undetermined",
      "word": "pendência"
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      "roman": "sostojánije neopredeljónnosti",
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      "roman": "suspendirane",
      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
      "word": "суспендиране"
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      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
      "word": "opschorting"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
      "word": "uitstel"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
      "word": "lykkäys"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "note": "in abeyance",
      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
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      "note": "in abeyance",
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      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "停止"
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      "roman": "miruvanje",
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      "word": "мирување"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
      "word": "utsettelse"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "suspensão"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
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      "roman": "priostanovlénije",
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      "word": "приостановле́ние"
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      "sense": "suspension; temporary suppression",
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      "sense": "heraldry: expectancy of a title",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "heraldry: expectancy of a title",
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      "word": "vacância"
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      "sense": "heraldry: expectancy of a title",
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