abeyance

noun3

1. •
   Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is 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.
2. •
   Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.

   • Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance. — 2003
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.