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Categories: Abeyant peerages, Property law, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Peerages of the United Kingdom, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

abeyance suspension Abeyancer abeyances abeyant

Temporary cessation or suspension WordNet 3.0

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Temporary cessation or suspension WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Abeyance is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. Wikipedia

State of expectancy Wikidata

Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. Wiktionary

Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. Wiktionary (translation)

A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary. Wiktionary

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

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