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Abeyance

noun
/əˈbeɪ.əns/
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounExpectancy; condition of ownership of real property being 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.nounSuspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
3.nounExpectancy 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."

Synonyms

suspensionholdexpectationsuspendsuspenseobsolescencehiatuslimbofaildisusependingtable

Rhymes With

conveyancefaiencefayencedeed of conveyance
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