status quo ante bellum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A situation as it existed prior to the war (often implying the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of pre-war leadership, so that no side gains or loses any rights or territory as a result of the war).

/ˌstætəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/ /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/

status quo ante bellum

Learned borrowing from Latin status quō ante bellum (literally “situation as it existed before the war”).

uti possidetis

status quo status quo ante

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