{ Ex‐pect″ance (?), Ex‐pect″an‐cy (?), } n. 1. The act of expecting; expectation. Milton.
2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
The expectancy and rose of the fair state. Shak.
Estate in expectancy(Law), one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. Burrill.