abeyanceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

First attested in 1528. From Anglo-Norman abeiance (“legal expectation”), from Old French abeance (“desire”) from abeër (“to gape at, aspire after”), abaer, abair (“to desire”), from a (“to”) + baër (“to gape”), bair (“yawn”), from Medieval Latin batō (“to yawn”).

発音

• IPA: /əˈbeɪ.ən(t)s/

名詞

abeyance (countable and uncountable, plural abeyances)

1. (law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16 century]

   The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.

   • 1765, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England:

     Yet sometimes the fee may be in abeyance, that is (as the word signifies) in expectation, remembrance, and contemplation in law; there being no person in esse, in whom it can vest and abide […]

   • 1985 [1967], John Bartholomew & Son Limited, “Antarctica”, in The Times Atlas of the World, 7th comprehensive edition, Times Books Limited, →ISBN, plate 123:

     Note: Under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 all territorial claims are held under abeyance in the interest of international co-operation for scientific purposes.

2. Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17 century]
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 376:

     Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance.

   • 2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 40:

     [...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.

   • 2022 January 13, Ben Quinn, “Queen strips Prince Andrew of military roles and royal patronages”, in The Guardian‎:

     The palace had previously that the duke’s military appointments were in abeyance after he stepped down from public duties in 2019.

   • 2025 October 20, Caroline Davies, “Dealing with ‘Andrew problem’ could help ease William’s accession to the throne”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Friday’s announcement that Andrew’s dukedom, other titles and his Order of the Garter knighthood would be put in abeyance with immediate effect – extant but inactive, much as his HRH title has been since the Virginia Giuffre scandal broke six years ago – may be seen by some within Buckingham Palace as a solution.

3. Expectancy of a noble or armigeral 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.

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