expatriation

[Fr.) The act of banishing or exiling; the state of being banished or exiled; a withdrawing from one's own country with the intention of becoming a citizen of another. IMG:content-1273.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A state of anxiety, curiosity, or wonder. "There is expectance here from both the sides." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , iv. 5. 3. That which is expected; the object of expectation or hope. "The expectancy and rose of the fair state." Shakesp.: Hamlet, iii. 1. II. Law : Abeyance, suspense. (1) Estate in expectancy : An interest in land which a person is entitled to come into po e ion of at some future time. (2) Tables of expectancy: Tables used in life a urance for calculating the probable duration of life from any year.