'abeyance' in Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula | Bookmarker

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(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension

States can also choose to create enclaves where laws and regulations are held in abeyance, ostensibly to spur commerce.

—p.108 Chapter 3 – Palimpsests of Law and Corporate Sovereigns (87) by Laleh Khalili

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