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status quo ante
The previous position.

Commonly used in international dealings to indicate that nothing is to be changed, or that there is to be a return to an earlier state of affairs.

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status quo ante bellum
The previous position before the war.

Commonly used in international dealings to indicate that there is to be a return to an earlier state of affairs that existed before a war.

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