abeyance

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noun

Plural noun:

abeyances

1.
(countable, uncountable)(law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Expectancy of a noble or armigeral 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.

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First attested in 1528. From 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 batō (to yawn).