status in quo
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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 Eighth Earl of Elgin James
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 Charles Maurice Davies
Since that time you have been taking your daily dose only to preserve the status in quo.
From The Opium Habit by Horace B. Day
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 Stanley J. Weyman
One thing is clear, to send the king back to Zululand is to restore the status in quo as it was before the war.
From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Henry Rider Haggard
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