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Under consideration is the system \[ \frac{\partial u(t,x)}{\partial t} =L(t)u(t,x) +\mu F\Bigl(t,x,u(t,x),\frac{\partial u(t,x)}{\partial x}, \frac{\partial^2 u(t,x)}{\partial x^2},\dots,\mu\Bigr), \] \(x\in D\subset\mathbb R^n\), \(t\in T_1\subset (t_0,\infty)\). Here, \(L(t)\) stands for a \((2N\times 2N)\)-matrix of linear differential operators with continuous coefficients (in \(t\)) and the vector-function \(u(t,x)\) meets the initial and boundary conditions \[ Gu(t,x)=0\;(x\in \partial D),\;\;u(t_0,x)=u_0(x), \] with \(G\) a boundary operator. The article is devoted to stability estimates for a solution on the interval \(T_1\subset (t_0,\infty)\). The interval \(T_1\) can be either unbounded or bounded. The method used is the method of Lyapunov functionals. The author describes general conditions that ensure stability. They include the behavior of the eigenvalues of an auxiliary spectral problem, validity of some estimates, existence of the corresponding Lyapunov functionals, and existence of a solution to some auxiliary Cauchy problem. Actually, these conditions are independent of the form of the operator \(L\) and the boundary operator \(G\). Some examples are presented.