Definition of Status quo

1. Noun. The existing state of affairs.

Generic synonyms: Situation, State Of Affairs

Definition of Status quo

1. Noun. The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Status Quo

stature
statured
statures
status
status ailment
status ailments
status asthmaticus
status bar
status bars
status candidates
status conference
status conferences
status effect
status effects
status epilepticus
status quo
status quo ante
status quo antes
status quos
status seeking
status symbol
status symbols
statuses
statusy
statutable
statutably
statute
statute(p)
statute book
statute books

Literary usage of Status quo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1912)
"For the parties do not bind themselves to pursue a policy for maintaining the status quo, they only declare their firm resolution to that end. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Lord Napier, now British Minister, proposed three alternatives: a mutual abandonment of the treaty and return to the status quo ante; submission of the ..."

3. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"... the status quo by the party seeking rescission. If this is true in cases where the other party is actively in fault, it must, a fortiori, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Lord Napier, now British Minister, proposed three alternatives : a mutual abandonment of the treaty and return to the status quo ante; submission of the ..."

5. United States in the World War by John Bach McMaster (1918)
"His Holiness had in substance proposed a return to the status quo ante helium, with condonation, disarmament, a concert of nations, freedom of the seas, ..."

6. The Second Partition of Poland: A Study in Diplomatic History by Robert Howard Lord (1915)
"... modifications of the status quo in its favor, Prussia reserved the right to claim equivalent advantages. The Powers of the Triple Alliance promised ..."

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