onbruik — meaning in English
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Senses
onbruik is used for these senses in English:
- abeyance (legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]
- desuetude (uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.
- disuse The state of not being used; neglect.
abeyance — full definition
- noun (law) A state in which it is not yet settled who owns a piece of land or a title.
- noun A temporary stop or pause; a dormant state.
- noun (law) A state in which a noble title still exists but currently has no holder.
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