1) French word used in English 2) Inaction 3) Inactiveness 4) Inactivity 5) State of limbo 6) Suspended state 7) Suspension 8) Temporary cessation 9) Temporary inactivity 10) Temporary stop 11) Temporary suspension
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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 future estates as have not yet vested or possibly ma.....
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• (n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. • (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.
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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...
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A state of temporary abolition of function. ... Origin: fr. O. Fr. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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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.
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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) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. »...
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suspended actionÂ
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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.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-bā′ants Definitions: 1. A state of temporary cessation of function.
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Incomplete or undetermined state of affairs.
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Abeyance is a state of inactivity or suspension.
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[
n] - temporary cessation or suspension
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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 or impatience, but it haradly suggests 'op...
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suspension noun temporary cessation or suspension
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temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension: Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while. · a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder: an estate in abeyance.
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temporary cessation or suspension
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[Intelligent words] temporary cessation or suspension
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