Abeyance

Quick meaning: Abeyance is a noun meaning (law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.

Meaning

(law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.

More Meanings

1. Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
2. Expectancy of a noble or armigeral title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.

Example Sentences

The broad pennant of a commodore first class has been in abeyance since 1958, together with the rank.

Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance.

The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.

The palace had previously that the duke’s military appointments were in abeyance after he stepped down from public duties in 2019.

Word Forms

• abeyances

Synonyms for abeyance

Depending on context, synonyms include suspension.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include suspension, hold, expectation, suspend, suspense, obsolescence.

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