status quo
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status quo
(kwō) 
n.
The existing condition or state of affairs.
n.
The existing condition or state of affairs.
[Latin status quō, state in which : status, state + quō, in which, ablative of quī, which.]
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status quo
The existing condition or state of affairs, as in We don't want to admit more singers to the chorus; we like the status quo. This term, Latin for "state in which," has been used in English since the early 1800s.
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Status Quo
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
[Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending con- troversy.
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Status Quo
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"The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin."
- Jean Baudrillard
"The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed."
- Clark Kerr
"Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we're in."
- Ronald Reagan
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categories related to 'status quo'
- Social Structure and Conditions - status quo: existing state of affairs
- Latin Words and Phrases - status quo: conditions as they are now
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