abeyance
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Etymology[edit]
- 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 á (“to”) + baër (“gape”),[1] bair (“yawn”), from Medieval Latin batare (“to yawn”)[2][3].
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abeyance (plural abeyances)
- (law) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century][4]
- 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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- When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance. -Blackstone
- Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century][4]
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 376:
- Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 376:
- (heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.
- The broad pennant of a commodore first class has been in abeyance since 1958, together with the rank.
Translations[edit]
expectancy; condition of being undetermined
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suspension; temporary suppression
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heraldry: expectancy of a title
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Shorthand[edit]
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary): a - b - a - n - left s
- (Version: Pre-Anniversary): a - b - e - n - left s
References[edit]
- ^ 1971 [1969], Morris, William editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., ISBN 0-395-09066-0, page 3:
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 3:
- ^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 2:
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 4:
