Latin: Lying in abeyance, as in the phrase “haereditas jacens,” which is an inheritance or estate lying vacant or in abeyance prior to the ascertainment of the heir or his assumption of the succession.
Latin: Lying in abeyance, as in the phrase “haereditas jacens,” which is an inheritance or estate lying vacant or in abeyance prior to the ascertainment of the heir or his assumption of the succession.