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Etymology
Old French abeance expectation, longing; a (Latin ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, French bayer, Late Latin badare to gape.

Noun
en-noun

1. law Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.

#: The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.
#: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

1. Suspension; temporary suppression.

#: He kept his temper in abeyance for several moments, when he found out what she had done.
#: Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. -De Quincey

1. heraldry Expectancy of a title, it's right in existence but its exercise suspended.

Translations
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trans-top|Expectancy; condition of being undetermined
German: Unentschlossenheit f, Unentschiedenheit f
French: vacance f, vacant
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Norwegian: uavklart
Spanish: expectativa f, esperanza f
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trans-top|Suspension; temporary suppression
Finnish: lykkäys
French: en suspens adj, suspension f
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Norwegian: utsettelse
Spanish: suspensión f
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trans-top|Expectancy of a title
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trans-top|To fall in abeyance
French: tomber en désuétude
Spanish: desusar
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ttbc|Interlingua: suspension
ttbc|Irish: fionraí f4
ttbc|Vietnamese: sự ��ng lại, sự �ình ch�, sự hoãn lại, sự tạm th�i không áp dụng, tình trạng tạm th�i không có ngư�i nhận, tình trạng tạm th�i vô chủ, tình trạng tr�ng, tình trạng khuyết

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