Definition of status quo ante
Etymology
From the Latin stātus quō ante bellum erat ("the way things were before the war")
Noun
status quo ante (plural status quo antes)
- The way things were before.
Related terms
Further reading
Status quo ante is Latin for "the way things were before" and incorporates the term status quo. In law, it refers to the objective of a temporary restraining order or a rescission in which the situation is restored to "the state in which previously" it existed. It may also refer to:
- status quo ante bellum, "the way things were before the war"
- reset button technique, a technique in fiction writing
References:
- Wiktionary. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
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