English Dictionary

abeyance

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbeɪ.əns/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

（不動産や地所の）所有権が未確定な状態、一時的に継承が停止している状態 / 一時的な休止、保留状態、または抑制された状態

The abeyance of the heir's future interest in the estate prevented him from claiming possession until the court resolved the dispute.

相続人の遺産に対する期待権が確定していなかったため、裁判が紛争を解決するまで彼は占有を主張できなかった。

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.

abeyances （ plural ）