English-Thai Dictionary

abeyance

N การระงับ ไว้ ชั่วคราว  การหยุดพัก ชั่วคราว  pause kan-ra-ngab-chue-kao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABEYANCE

n. pron. abayance. [Norm. abbaiaunce, or abaizance, in expectation; boyance, expectation. Qu. Fr. bayer, to gape, to look a long time with the mouth open; to stand looking in a silly manner. See Bay. ] In expectation or contemplation of law. The fee simple or inheritance of lands and tenements is in abeyance, when there is no person in being in whom it can vest; so that it is in a state of expectancy or waiting until a proper person shall appear. Thus if land is leased to a man for life, remainder to another for years, the remainder for years is in abeyance, till the death of the lessee, for life.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABEYANCE

A *bey "ance, n. Etym: [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 )

 

Defn: Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.

 

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.

 

2. Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

abeyance

a bey ance |əˈbāəns əˈbeɪəns | ▶noun a state of temporary disuse or suspension: matters were held in abeyance pending further inquiries. • Law the position of being without, or waiting for, an owner or claimant. DERIVATIVES a bey ant |əˈbāənt |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the legal sense ): from Old French abeance ‘aspiration to a title, ’ from abeer ‘aspire after, ’ from a- ‘toward ’ + beer ‘to gape. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

abeyance

abeyance |əˈbeɪəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a state of temporary disuse or suspension: matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries. • Law the position of being without, or of waiting for, an owner or claimant. DERIVATIVES abeyant adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the legal sense ): from Old French abeance ‘aspiration to a title ’, from abeer ‘aspire after ’, from a- ‘towards ’ + beer ‘to gape ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

abeyance

abeyance noun expansion plans for the middle school are in abeyance : in suspension, in a state of suspension, in a state of dormancy, in a state of uncertainty, in remission; pending, suspended, deferred, postponed, put off, put to one side, unresolved, up in the air; informal in cold storage, on ice, on the back burner.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

abeyance

abeyance noun the project was left in abeyance for the time being: suspension, a state of suspension, a state of dormancy, a state of latency, a state of uncertainty, suspense, remission, reserve; pending, suspended, deferred, postponed, put off, put to one side, unattended, unfinished, incomplete, unresolved, undetermined, up in the air, betwixt and between; informal in cold storage, on ice, on the back burner, hanging fire. ANTONYMS in hand, under way, continuing. PHRASES hold something in abeyance the application was held in abeyance whilst legal advice was sought: suspend, adjourn, interrupt, break off, postpone, delay, defer, shelve, arrest, put off, intermit, prorogue, hold over, put aside, pigeonhole; reschedule; cut short, bring to an end, cease, discontinue, dissolve, disband, terminate, call a halt to; N. Amer. table; informal put on ice, put on the back burner, mothball; N. Amer. informal take a rain check on. ANTONYMS continue, resume.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

abeyance

a bey ance /əbéɪəns /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠(一時的な )停止, 中止 ▸ hold [leave ] A in abeyance Aを棚上げ [未定, 未決 ]にしておく ▸ in abeyance 中断して, 一時停止して ▸ fall [go ] into abeyance 〈法律などが 〉 (施行 )中止になる, 〈習慣などが 〉廃れる