status-quo
n. முன்பிருந்த நிலை.
Sta"tus in` quo", Sta"tus quo". Etym: [L., state in which.] Defn: The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.