Talk:Abeyance

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I was hoping that someone here would have written on the pleas in abeyance particularly prevalent in Utah, wherein drivers can take Traffic School rather than receive points on their record. 134.250.72.173 00:07, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I moved the content on Scottish law out of the section on English law into a Scottish law section. Pclive (talk) 12:55, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Possible conflict between articles
This article claims that "The only titles other than a barony that have yet gone into abeyance are the earldom of Arlington and the viscountcy of Thetford, which are united."

However that linked article states "These titles offer the one of the few examples of a peerage other than a barony falling into abeyance, another case being that of the Earldom of Cromartie in 1893."

These appear at odds. Which is correct, or am I missing something? (I'm writing this at a late hour!) – Kieran T  (' talk ') 00:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This article is wrong - the Cromartie abeyance is explained at Earl of Cromartie. Opera hat (talk) 14:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That article (currently) says: "Lord Cromartie had no sons and on his death in 1893 the titles fell into abeyance between his two surviving daughters, Lady Sibell Lilian and Lady Constance. The abeyance was terminated in 1895 in favour of the elder daughter, Sibell Lilian, who became the third Countess."  Now, unless there's a distinction between "abeyance terminated" and "called out of abeyance" that this article isn't troubling to explain, that seems to contradict the statement in this article -- or one of them, at least.  (This article gives examples of titles being "called out of abeyance" on similarly short time periods, such as:  "1481: Baron Mowbray, called out abeyance after 2 years".)  84.203.40.54 (talk) 16:16, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Error still in article.
We say that abeyance has never applied to earldoms, but then go on to give examples where it did!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 17:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Read carefully, It says an earldom has never been called out of abeyance, not the same thing as one never having been in abeyance — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.133.129 (talk) 08:45, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed it's not, but see the example in the above section. Cromartie appears to have been both into and out of abeyance.  84.203.40.54 (talk) 16:17, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Dodgy list
The list appears to be inconsistent. Is the year stated, the year when the abeyance started or ended ? In the case of Baron Camoys, it is the starting year,   in the case of Botetourt,  it is the ending year.Eregli bob (talk) 05:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Possible Synonyms?
I am trying to think of a more commonly used word with similar meaning to abeyance, to potentially help others (and myself) to understand the word more easily. Would the term vacancy be similar in a general sense? --Pythagimedes (talk) 17:24, 26 May 2020 (UTC)