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Status quo ante, Latin for, "the way things were before," incorporating the term status quo
Status Quo

Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
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This phrase is commonly used in plea agreements to allow the parties to return to the way things were in case some contingency does not occur (i.e. failure to pay restitution by a given date).








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Status quo ante, Latin for, "the way things were before," incorporating the term status quo
Status Quo

Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
, may refer to:

  • In law
    LAW

    LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
    , the objective of a temporary restraining order or a rescission
    Rescission

    In contract law, rescission has been defined as the unmaking of a contract between the parties. Rescission is the unwinding of a transaction....
     in which the situation is restored to "the state in which previously" it existed
  • Status quo ante bellum
    Status quo ante bellum

    The term status quo ante bellum comes from Latin meaning literally, the state in which things were before the war.The term was originally used in treaty to refer to the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of prewar leadership....
    , meaning "the way things were before the war"
  • Another name for the reset button technique
    Reset button technique

    The reset button technique is a plot device that interrupts continuity in works of fiction. Simply put, use of a reset button device returns all characters and situations to the status quo they held before a major change of some sort was introduced....
    , a technique in fiction writing


This phrase is commonly used in plea agreements to allow the parties to return to the way things were in case some contingency does not occur (i.e. failure to pay restitution by a given date).

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