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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'abeyance' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions abeyance noun  Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. The proceeds of the estate shall be held in 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 Suspension; temporary suppression. He kept his temper in 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 . -De Quincey (heraldry) Expectancy of a title, it's right in existence but its exercise suspended. 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.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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