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abeyance — abey·ance /ə bā əns/ n [Middle French abeance expectation (of a title or claimant), from abaer to expect, from a , prefix stressing result + baer to gape, aim at] 1: a lapse in the succession of property during which there is no person in whom… … Law dictionary
abeyance — /abeyans/ Lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom title is vested. In the law of estates, the condition of a freehold when there is no person in being in whom it is vested. In such cases the freehold has been said to be in… … Black's law dictionary
abeyance — /abeyans/ Lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom title is vested. In the law of estates, the condition of a freehold when there is no person in being in whom it is vested. In such cases the freehold has been said to be in… … Black's law dictionary
abeyance — In expectation, remembrance, and contemplation in law. An estate in fee is in abeyance where there is no person in esse in whom it may vest and abide, although the law considers it as always potentially existing and ready to vest when a proper… … Ballentine's law dictionary
in abeyance — Said of a fee when there is no person in being in whom it can vest and abide, although the law considers it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. See 2 Bl Comm 107 … Ballentine's law dictionary
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