Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

In Statu Quo

In Stat'u Quo

or In statu quo ante (Latin). In the condition things were before the change took place. Thus, two nations arming for war may agree to lay down arms on condition that all things be restored to the same state as they were before they took up arms.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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