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Abeyance

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000270

A state of temporary disuse, suspension, or inactivity, particularly regarding a right or title. When a property interest is in abeyance, it means there is no current owner or holder, but the interest is not extinguished. This status can occur, for example, when a future interest in land has not yet vested.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000270
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000270",
  "term": "Abeyance",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A state of temporary disuse, suspension, or inactivity, particularly regarding a right or title. When a property interest is in abeyance, it means there is no current owner or holder, but the interest is not extinguished. This status can occur, for example, when a future interest in land has not yet vested.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/abeyance/"
}

Record 29 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.