Associations to the word «Abeyance»
Noun
- Brooke
- Somerset
- Anne
- Edward
- Sovereign
- Death
- Eleanor
- Baronet
- Claim
- Shirley
- Portuguese
- Hold
- Fleming
- Ralph
- Cecil
- Judgment
- Margaret
- Una
- Sophia
- Creation
- Howard
- Hugh
- Elder
- Parker
- Zimbabwe
- Thomas
- Henry
- Cornwall
- Leicester
- Duke
- Essex
- Vale
- Charlotte
- Nephew
- Edmund
- Devon
- Norfolk
- Parliament
- Suspension
- Cousin
- Consciousness
- Mechanism
- Lawsuit
- Scotland
- Matter
- Robert
- Fall
- Robertson
- Younger
- Gilbert
- Remainder
- Le
- Aunt
- Diana
- Emotion
- Crown
- Herbert
- Nicholas
- Stanley
- Doctrine
- Great
- Mary
- Pm
- Lady
- Virtue
- Adoption
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ABEYANCE, noun. (legal) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]
ABEYANCE, noun. Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]
ABEYANCE, noun. (heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.
Dictionary definition
ABEYANCE, noun. Temporary cessation or suspension.
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