ABEYANCE - An incomplete or undetermined state of affairs. From the French aboyer, which in figurative sense means to expect, to look for, to desire.
Abeyance
n.abeance in old french means gaping. It is a state of expectancy in respect of property, title, etc in cases where the sole right is not vested in one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner.
ABEYANCE, estates, from the French aboyer, which in figurative sense means to expect, to look for, to desire.
Abeyance - Temporary inactivity, to hold in suspension; a situation waiting to be settled.
Abscond - To secretly hide, conceal oneself, withdraw or depart.
INTERREGNUM (Lat. inter, between, and regnum, reign), strictly a period during which the normal constituted authority is in abeyance, and government is carried on by a temporary authority specially appointed.
Even when council meetings were in abeyance, as in the Johnson administration, these groups existed to assure presidents that they were hearing from every agency on a particular issue.
Peerages may become extinct or fall into abeyance, but so long as there is an heir the title will continue.
HAEREDITAS JACENS
This is said of an inheritance which is not taken by the heirs, but remains in abeyance. ... more
HAERES
civil law. An heir, one who succeeds to the whole inheritance. 2. These are of various kinds. 1. Haeres natus,... more ...
STAY To stop. As to "Stay" an order of the court or suspend an order of the court; to hold in abeyance.
STIPULATION A point of agreement, an issue to which both parties are in agreement.
Quite often a judgment approving an out-of-court settlement is held in abeyance and replaced by a dismissal if the terms are fulfilled. Some out-of-court settlements are kept confidential and the lawsuit is dismissed.
 See also: Person, Law, State, Court, Right
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