English Dictionary

abeyance

/əˈbeɪ.əns/

noun

(law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. / Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.

The court put the case in abeyance until further evidence is presented.

意味（1）

(law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.

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

意味（2）

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.

Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance.

意味（3）

(heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.

The broad pennant of a commodore first class has been in abeyance since 1958, together with the rank.