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Abeyance
Abeyance A*bey"ance, n. [OF. abeance expectation, longing; a
(L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to
expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape.]
1. (Law) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
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.
2. Suspension; temporary suppression.
Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a
dormant state, or state of abeyance. --De Quincey.
Meaning of Abeyance from wikipedia
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Abeyance (from the Old
French abeance meaning "gaping") is a
state of
expectancy in
respect of property,
titles or office, when the
right to them is not...
- fell into
abeyance between the Earl's five daughters, Lady Katherine, Lady Anne, Lady Isabel, Lady
Margaret and Lady Mary. It
remained in
abeyance until 1734...
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dukedom p****ed to a
cousin yet the
three Arlington/Thetford
titles fell into
abeyance under the
principle of
moieties between his two sisters,
neither of whom...
- of
Lincoln for
later history of this title)
while the
barony fell into
abeyance between the
issue of his two aunts, Lady
Margaret Clinton (d. 1688) and...
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equally valid claim to the title; in such a case, the
title goes into
abeyance. The
abeyance ends
either when
there is only one
remaining claimant due to the...
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again fell into
abeyance. The
abeyance was
terminated for Sir
Francis Dashwood, but at his
death the
barony again went into
abeyance. Once again, the...
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death of his son the 2nd
Viscount both
titles fell into
abeyance. In 1840 the
abeyance of the
barony was
terminated in
favour of
Miles Thomas Stapleton...
- great-grandson, the four-year-old
Charles Ellis. The
title actually fell into
abeyance between 1688 and 1784,
between the
heirs of the 3rd Earl's two daughters...
- were
inherited by his two
surviving daughters and his
titles went into
abeyance:
Eleanor de
Bohun (1366 - 3
October 1399);
married Thomas of Woodstock...
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Arlington fell into
abeyance between his sisters, Lady Jane and Lady Mary-Rose. The
viscountcy and
earldom remain abeyant, but the
abeyance of his
barony was...
