English-Finnish translations for abeyance

• jäädytettynä
• jäädytys
• lepäämässä
• lepääminen
• lykättynä
• lykkäys
  Puolustus pyysi viikon lykkäystä.
  Saanko hieman lykkäystä tehtävän palautukseen?

Definition of abeyance

• Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
• Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
• Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended

Examples

• The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one
• The broad pennant of a commodore first class has been in abeyance since 1958, together with the rank

Related words

• abeyant
• mangabey
• agile mangabey