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DetailsThe term status quo is a Latin term meaning the present current, existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep things the way they presently are. Compare it with status quo ante, meaning "the state of things as it was before. Meaning of ‘status quo’ has to be gathered from the plaint, written statement, written objection and the petitions of parties. Status quo involves an undertaking not to do a certain act. Order of status quo by the court amounts to an order of temporary injunction. [Managing Committee vs. Fazlur Rahman 39 DLR 355]
Created OnJune 1, 2011, 10:44 AM
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