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The term status quo ante bellum is a Latin phrase meaning "the situation as it existed before the war". The term was originally used in treaties to refer to the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of prewar leadership.
4 days ago · The meaning of STATUS QUO ANTE BELLUM is the state existing before the war.
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What does the phrase status quo ante bellum mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the phrase status quo ante bellum . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Treaty of Ghent, (Dec. 24, 1814), agreement in Belgium between Great Britain and the United States to end the War of 1812 on the general basis of the status quo antebellum (maintaining the prewar conditions).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
status ante bellum is of multiple origins. Either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with another borrowing from Latin. Etymons: status quo ante bellum n.; Latin status, Latin ante bellum.
OED's earliest evidence for status quo ante is from 1800, in Systematic or Imaginary Philosopher. status quo ante is perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: status quo ante bellum n., in statu quo adv. See etymology.
