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What's an abeyance?
The condition of an inheritance which has no present owner, such as a peerage.
Means KEEP PENDING (held in abeyance), till the main matter is settled.
In property law, a lapse in succession...
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What is the meaning of abeyance?
a·bey·ance (-bns)n.1. The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension: held the plan in abeyance.2. Law A condition of undetermined ownership, as of an estate that has not yet been...
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How to use Abeyance in a sentence?
Chairman asked whether this matter could be held in abeyance for the time being, Council agreed.
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Need a sentence using abeyance?
She petitioned the king to terminate the abeyance in her favor.
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Use abeyance in a sentence?
While the Olympics were on, in certain areas America set in abeyance the rules that prevented people from public protest.