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Abeyance vs Disuse - What's the difference?

abeyance | disuse |

As nouns the difference between abeyance and disuse

is that abeyance is expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title while disuse is the state of not being used; neglect.

As a verb disuse is

to cease the use of.

abeyance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
    • The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.
    When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance . -Blackstone
  • Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, page 376:
    • Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance .
  • (heraldry) Expectancy of a 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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    disuse

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of not being used; neglect.
    • The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown.

    Derived terms

    * disused

    Verb

    (disus)
  • To cease the use of.
  • (archaic) To disaccustom.
    • He was disused to hard work.
  • * John Donne
    • Disuse me from pain.

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