-
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...
- of
Lords reported in
favour of the
petition for the
termination of the
abeyancy of
Selina Frances Bewicke-Copley. She was the
daughter of Sir
Charles Watson...
- 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...
- Austria-Hungary in
World War I, the
titles were
abolished or fell into
abeyance with the
erection of the
modern Republic of Austria. The
March of Austria...
- barony,
which went into
abeyance, but
being an
ancient one
created by writ, is able to
descend via
female lines. The
abeyancy was
terminated in 1965 when...
- 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...
- same root)
stand as co-heirs, so some such
titles are in such a
state of
abeyance between these. Baronets,
while holders of
hereditary titles, as such are...
- On the
death of the
seventh earl in 1616, the
barony fell into
abeyance. The
abeyance was
terminated naturally in
favour of the earl's
daughter Alethea...
- son
Robert in 1604, on
whose death in 1646 the
peerage fell into
abeyance. The
abeyance was
terminated in 1677 when
Robert Shirley, a
grandson of one of...
- 19th-century
Venezuelan general and
liberator from the
Spanish monarchy then in
abeyance, who led the
struggle for
independence throughout much of
South America...
