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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") is a
state of
expectancy in
respect of property,
titles or office, when the
right to them is not...
- 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...
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dukedom p****ed to a
cousin yet the
three Arlington/Thetford
titles fell into
abeyance under the
principle of
moieties between his two sisters,
neither of whom...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
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equally valid claim to the title; in such a case, the
title goes into
abeyance. The
abeyance ends
either when
there is only one
remaining claimant due to the...
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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...
- 6th
Baron Berners. This time the
peerage remained in
abeyance for 89 years,
until the
abeyance was
terminated in 1832 in
favour of
Robert Wilson, who...
