Look up: Abeyance


  1. abeyance
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-bā′ants Definitions: 1. A state of temporary cessation of function.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=103

  2. abeyance
    suspended action 
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  3. abeyance
    [n] - temporary cessation or suspension
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=abeyance

  4. abeyance
    State of suspension of the rights to a property or a peerage where there is doubt about the rightful owner. In the UK the only peerages that can fall into abeyance are baronies that have been...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Abeyance
    A·bey'ance noun [ Old French abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad ) + baer , beer , to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, French bayer , Late Latin badare to gape.] 1. (Law) Ex...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/4

  6. abeyance
    A state of temporary abolition of function. ... Origin: fr. O. Fr. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?abeyance

  7. abeyance
    suspension noun temporary cessation or suspension
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=abeyance



  1. Abeyance
    • (n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. • (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/abeyance/

  2. abeyance
    abeyance (waiting with gaping mouth) 1. The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension: 'The president held the plan in abeyance.' 2. A condition in which legal ownership of an estate has not been established. Origins and development Something 'held in abeyance' may cause some anxiety o...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3704/

  3. Abeyance
    Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such futu...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abeyance

  4. Abeyance
    An incomplete or undetermined state of affairs. From the French aboyer, which in figurative sense means to expect, to look for, to desire. When there is no person in esse in whom the freehold is vested, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation, remembrance and contemplation.
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/a132.htm

  5. Abeyance
    n.abeance in old french means gaping. It is a state of expectancy in respect of property, title, etc in cases where the sole right is not vested in one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner.
    Found op http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/abeyance.htm

  6. Abeyance
    Abeyance is a state of inactivity or suspension.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AA.HTM

  7. abeyance
    1) Inaction 2) Inactiveness 3) Inactivity 4) State of limbo 5) Suspended action
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/abeyance/1

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