Category:Status in quo

Sta"tus in` quo", sta"tus quo". Etym: [l., state in which.]

Defn: the state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used Retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the Status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., The state (or, in the state) before the war.