Ex-pēct'ance or Ex-pēct'an-cy, n.
n. 1. The act or state of expecting; expectation. Milton.
Sense 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.