status in quo
Example Sentences
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But as to proving the case against me, Daniel was at liberty to experiment with the status in quo.
From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton
It is very desirable that we should be free to accept the status in quo, whatever it may be.
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
But, then, in order to calculate the probabilities of the crisis, an examination of the status in quo was necessary.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice
Since that time you have been taking your daily dose only to preserve the status in quo.
From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.
Such was the status in quo on this morning, and with it the Dean had for some time been obliged to rest content.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.