Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Expectance \Ex*pect"ance\, Expectancy \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.