A be vacuation

[Lat. ab, and evacuare, to empty out.] (Med.) A partial evacuation. Abex, a country of Africa, bordering on the Red sea at the east. It has Nubia and Sennaar on the north, Aby in i a on the west and south. Its principal towns are Suakim and Arkeko. It is subject to the sheriff of Mea and is about 500 miles in length and 100 in breadth. It is a mountainous country, sandy, barren, unhealthy, and much infested by wild beasts. Abey'ance, n . [Old Fr. abbaiaunce , expectation.] ( Law . ) Expectation or contemplation of law. When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance can vest, it is said to be in abeyance , that is, in expectation; the law always considering it potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears.