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Abeyance vs Limbo - What's the difference?

abeyance | limbo |

As a noun abeyance

is (legal) expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title .

As a proper noun limbo is

abbreviation of limburger, an inhabitant of limburg, a part of the low countries.

abeyance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) Expectancy; condition of ownership of real property being undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
    • The proceeds of the estate shall be held in abeyance in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one.
    When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance . -Blackstone
  • Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, page 376:
    • Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance .
  • (heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.
    • The broad pennant of a commodore first class has been in abeyance since 1958, together with the rank.

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    limbo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia limbo)
  • The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum'') and those of unbaptized but innocent children (''limbus infantum ).
  • Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.
    • My application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.

    See also

    * aftermath * hell * paradise * purgatory

    Etymology 2

    Word of uncertain West Indian (notably Jamaican) origin, probably an alteration of (limber) as it is a physical agility test.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position.

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