abeyance 音标拼音: [əb'eəns]
n . 中止,暂搁,停止
中止,暂搁,停止
abeyance n 1 :
temporary cessation or suspension [
synonym : {
abeyance },
{
suspension }]
Abeyance \
A *
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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 .
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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 .
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2 .
Suspension ;
temporary suppression .
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Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state ,
or state of abeyance . --
De Quincey .
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
abeyance ":
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lotus -
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stand -
down ,
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suspense ,
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torpor ,
truce ,
vacation ,
vegetation ,
vis inertiae ,
waiver ABEYANCE ,
estates ,
from the French aboyer ,
which in figurative sense means to expect ,
to look for ,
to desire .
When there is no person in esse in whom the freehold is vested ,
it is said to be in abeyance ,
that is ,
in expectation ,
remembrance and contemplation .
2 .
The law requires ,
however ,
that the freehold should never ,
if possible ,
be in abeyance .
Where there is a tenant of the freehold ,
the remainder or reversion in fee may exist for a time without any particular owner ,
in which case it is said to be in abeyance .
9 Serg . &
R ..
367 ;
8 Plowd .
29 a .
b 35 a .
3 .
Thus ,
if sn estate be limited to A for life ,
remainder to the right heirs of B ,
the fee simple is in abeyance during the life of B ,
because it is a maxim of law ,
that nemo est hoeres viventis .
2 Bl .
Com .
107 ;
1 Cruise ,
67 -
70 ;
1 Inst .
842 ,
Merlin ,
Repertoire ,
mot Abeyance ;
1 Com .
Dig .
176 ;
1 Vin .
Abr .
101 .
4 .
Another example may be given in the case of a corporation .
When a charter is given ,
and the charter grants franchises or property to a corporation which is to be brought into existence by some future acts of the corporators ,
such franchises or property are in abeyance until such acts shall be done ,
and when the corporation is thereby brought into life ,
the franchises instantaneously attach .
4 Wheat .
691 .
See ,
generally ,
2 Mass .
500 ;
7 Mass .
445 ;
10 Mass .
93 ;
15 Mass .
464 ;
9 Cranch ,
47 .
293 ;
5 Mass .
555 .
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