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Abeyance
Abeyance A*bey"ance, n. [OF. abeance expectation, longing; a
(L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to
expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape.]
1. (Law) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
Note: When there is no person in existence in whom an
inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be
in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law
considering it as always potentially existing, and
ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears.
--Blackstone.
2. Suspension; temporary suppression.
Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a
dormant state, or state of abeyance. --De Quincey.
Meaning of Abeyance from wikipedia
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Abeyance (from the Old
French abeance meaning "gaping")
describes a
state of
temporary dormancy or suspension. In law, it can
refer to a
situation where...
- fell into
abeyance between the Earl's five daughters, Lady Katherine, Lady Anne, Lady Isabel, Lady
Margaret and Lady Mary. It
remained in
abeyance until 1734...
- of
Ferrers of
Chartley had
fallen into
abeyance on her mother's
death in 1741. However, in 1749, the
abeyance was
terminated in Charlotte's favour, and...
-
death in 1455, the
barony fell into
abeyance between his
nieces Maude and Joan. On Joan's
death in 1490, the
abeyance was
terminated in
favour of Maude...
- the
prior termination of the
abeyance of the
original title. The
Mowbray barony held by the
Howard family fell into
abeyance in 1777 with the
death of Edward...
- the
death of his son the 2nd
Viscount both
titles fell into
abeyance. In 1840 the
abeyance of the
barony was
terminated in
favour of
Miles Thomas Stapleton...
- The
abeyance after the
death of the 3rd
baron was
terminated for the 7th
Baron Darcy de Knayth,
these baronies were held
together until the
abeyance of...
-
family of the
Marquesses of
Hastings until 1868 when it fell into
abeyance. This
abeyance was
terminated three years later for a
member of the Abney-Hastings...
- parliament.
Between 1463 and 1903 the
peerage title fell
abeyant until its
abeyance was
terminated in
favour of
Marcia Lane-Fox,
Baroness Fauconberg and Conyers...
-
again fell into
abeyance. The
abeyance was
terminated for Sir
Francis Dashwood, but at his
death the
barony again went into
abeyance. Once again, the...
