abeyance

In legal terms an abeyance is a situation in which the legitimate owner of a property is not yet known. (noun)

An example of abeyance is when a homeowner dies without leaving the house to anyone and his kids start to fight over it.

Abeyance is a temporary stop to something or a pause. (noun)

An example of abeyance is when construction has to stop because of rain but is scheduled to resume once it gets sunny again.

See abeyance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See abeyance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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