Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such future estates as have not yet vested or possibly may not vest. For example, an estate is granted to A for life, with remainder to the heir of B. During B's lifetime, the remainder is in abeyance, for until the death of B it is uncertain who is B's heir. Similarly the freehold of a benefice, on the death of the incumbent, is said to be in abeyance until the next incumbent takes possession.
The term hold in abeyance is used in lawsuits and court cases when a case is temporarily put on hold.
The most common use of the term is in the case of English peerage dignities. Most such peerages pass to heirs-male, but the ancient baronies created by writ, as well as some very old earldoms, pass instead to heirs-general (by cognatic primogeniture). In this system, sons are preferred from eldest to youngest, the heirs of a son over the next son, and any son over daughters, but there is no preference among daughters: they or their heirs inherit equally.
we're sitting in between our eyes
when i notice
there's no friction
in these december skies
oh i wonder why
we can't continue our own lives
our chance past
i just want to know it
but then you go away
so many things left for another day
but i want to last
i won't just show it
i can't remember why
but i hope you had your say
it's always about this time
when i start to think about
all those things
i know you could do without
you left me standing here
i can't face this fear
who cares
i guess that's what you say
why has this all gone wrong
i'd never think to notice
but then you were gone
now i'm left alone
standing in the cold
why has this all gone wrong
i'd never think to notice
but then you were gone
now i'm left alone
standing in the cold
in the cold
i saw it
i guess you knew it
it only happens once
i just can't do it
i saw it
i guess you knew it
it only happens once
i see right through it
that only goes to show
expectations that were once so high always end up below
you had me turning red
we'll never fall apart
that's what she said
what she said
why has this all gone wrong
i'd never think to notice
but then you were gone
now i'm left alone
standing in the cold
why has this all gone wrong
i'd never think to notice
but then you were gone
now i'm left alone
standing in the cold