abeyance

Osmer was found to have neglected his duty and was given a six-day suspension with four of those days held in abeyance.

“On the other hand, she made it difficult for anyone to appeal this, and just sort of held it in abeyance. I don't think it's a victory for the special counsel's office.”

It’s my view that the Supreme Court could find that the Fulton County proceedings would have to be held in abeyance until the end of his term.

Gandhi’s disqualification as a lawmaker also now remains in abeyance, said Live Law, an online portal for Indian legal news.

“Based on Facebook’s newfound commitment to fully cooperate with the committee’s investigation, the committee has decided to hold contempt in abeyance. For now,” Mr. Jordan said on Twitter.